GNU: Analysts lean towards ANC, DA and IFP coalition

Speculation swirls as South Africa edges closer to a potential government of national unity formation. Decisions must be made by Friday.

In less than 24 hours, South Africans will have an idea – or not – of what the proposedAs time runs out for parties, commentators and analysts lean towards an ANC, Democratic Alliance and Inkatha Freedom Party coalition, amid fresh speculation about who would get the plum jobs when the ink dries.DA leader John Steenhuisen would be the balanced choice as a second-in-command, said one analyst, where he could serve as a counterweight in the executive.

Charles Cilliers of the Patriotic Alliance could not be drawn on how the party would feel serving in a government led by an ANC executive with the DA as second in charge. On the eve of a possibly historic first session of the new parliament, it seems that parties are deeply divided in their own ranks.

A well-placed source inside the ANC’s Gauteng structures said a meeting yesterday appraised structures of the current status quo, and revealed there were still no clear direction.

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