Six months into its tenure, South Africa’s Government of National Unity (GNU) remains a subject of intense debate and scrutiny.
The member of the 7th administration in Government of National Unity . Picture: X/South African Government .Though already in operation for about six months, the Government of National Unity is still the focus of speculation about its sustainability or longevity.
The most critical voice against the GNU is the social media and the public who do not give much of a chance for the coalition and see the beginning of its end in most of the public exchanges between ministers or party leaders.Very prominent are the fistfights between Helen Zille and Fikile Mbalula. What they are saying is therefore not a barometer of the GNU’s health. One has to listen to President Ramaphosa, John Steenhuisen, Gayton Mackenzie or other ministers for such indications but not to Zille or Mbalula.
The second point against the ANC is the accusation that it has become too neo-liberal or even conservative. In summary, the challenge to the GNU is mainly an ideological one and not whether it can function as a government institution. Policies that might appear to be ideologically contradictory do not necessarily cause coalitions to collapse if their main emphasis is on the consensus elements of such a policy.
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