JUSTICE MALALA: Cry, the blah, blah, blah country
Any hopes we might have had for the national dialogue have been dashed by Ramaphosa’s plan for yet another protracted imbizo that’s unlikely to produce anything concrete
19 June 2025 - 05:00
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s newly announced national dialogue is already turning out to be a misunderstanding at best, or a train wreck at worst.
In its proposed form, and in the makeup of its eminent persons group, it aims to reimagine South Africa and perhaps even redraw it. That’s a mistake because, for many of us who have been calling for a clear, bold pact between the ANC and the DA since last June, the aim was an able, nimble, decisive and goal-orientated coalition government...
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