ANC’s new coalition conundrum
The ruling party is expressing its disdain for the political expedience of coalitions, while at the same time putting together a framework to manage its future formal agreements. Is this, at least in part, a cynical move to resuscitate its power, even as voters withdraw their support?
27 April 2023 - 05:00
The ANC is working hard to convince South Africans that coalitions don’t work — despite having participated in them relatively successfully since the dawn of democracy. The problem is that the party may just be right, at least in terms of its own conduct in its more recent governing arrangements.
The ANC in Gauteng, in particular, has played a heavy hand in destabilising the province’s metros, with knock-on effects for service delivery and potentially its support among voters. Working with the EFF, the party has set out to replace opposition-led councils with its own “governments of local unity”...
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