It was clear from a 'grassroots level' Ramaphosa would be met with resistance and criticism, says a political analyst.
Picture File: President Cyril Ramaphosa during the ANCs 110th anniversary celebrations. Picture: Gallo Images/Philip Maeta
“This is a test for the alliance because our members agree that they do not like the [direction] the country has taken,” Pamla said. “Mine workers are correct to be aggrieved when a CEO [chief executive] of Sibanye, who benefitted from corporate tax cuts, refuses to pay them an additional R1 000 a month, while at the time paying himself R300 million in a single year,” he said.
South African politics had reached a tipping point and this contributed to a reconfiguration of the political spectrum.
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