Picture this: after the election this year the ANC opting — as party chair Gwede Mantashe wanted — to enter a governing coalition with the MK Party and the EFF instead of forming the government of national unity (GNU) in its current shape. 

If that had happened the economic fall-out would have been severe, and aside from that, the subsequent political intrigue would have been harrowing. Giving Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi what he wanted nationally would have been the final nail in the ANC’s coffin. ..

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