A new DA leader will have implications for the party’s relationship with President Cyril Ramaphosa as well as the government of national unity.
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Helen Zille may become the best mayor Johannesburg never had.
South Africa’s government of national unity was built on a foundation of pragmatism. Failure would be bad for the country.
South Africa’s 2024 election was characterised by a shift in power and new threats to democracy – despite the majority still opting for the political centre.
The toppling of Cilliers Brink, mayor of South Africa’s capital city, highlights the provincial African National Congress’ disdain for its national partnership with the Democratic Alliance.
The ANC leads the unity government. If it leads South Africa back to happier times, that is most likely to benefit the ANC, rather than the DA.
Cyril Ramaphosa’s cabinet choices appear to have been driven more (if not exclusively) by bona fides and pragmatism. This augurs well for the multi-party arrangement.
South Africa’s more plural political space might bring in new voices that generate better economic policies.
The filmmakers followed the Reclaim the City campaign for six years to document their struggle for accommodation in Cape Town’s elite ‘city bowl’.
Elite political culture matters, especially in the context of a unity government. To succeed, party leaders must embrace the politics of collaboration built on trust.
Political parties must show ideological flexibility to foster stability and drive South Africa towards prosperity through creative policy solutions.
Racial identities continue to shape voter behaviour in post-apartheid South Africa.
Solutions driven by the private sector are only for those who can pay, and also end up driving public priorities.
The country will see more foreign policy continuity if the ANC partners with smaller parties that share its world view.
The growing loss of support for the governing ANC raises the possibility of South Africa having its first national coalition government since 1994.
As South Africa heads towards elections, there is no quick fix solution to the electricity crisis in the country. What exactly are the political parties promising voters?
Opinions differ widely about the true character of the EFF and what it really stands for since it gained seats in parliament in 2014.
The 2024 general elections will show to what extent the new provincial leadership can start to turn around the ANC’s fortunes in the Western Cape.
Dissatisfied ANC voters were much more likely to switch their votes if they held positive views of an opposition party. However, the problem for the opposition is that few people held these views.
ANC and EFF differ on ideology and policy – an alliance between them would prove difficult to put together and made to work.
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