Editor, political analyst
@uMarhobane
The DA has been successfully neutered, the EFF are facing jail, and Zuma is both irreplaceable, and facing old age. The ANC will soon have no opposition.
Roads and rail have both been declining, not just since the ANC took power, but to some extent since 1977. But the policy which started this trend can be easily reversed
Mimmy Gondwe is the new DM of Higher Education. While her academic qualifications are not in question, her track record in local office raises some serious questions
With America become more ineffectual in maritime security and China's influence growing, Japan is seeking friends abroad. South Africa could benefit.
The DA has been reduced to an appendix in the ANC administration, but the ExCo remain desperate to preserve it. The VF+ face a similar dilemma.
With the executive expanded to so many departments, the likelihood of any coalition partner affecting the state of government is slim
Smaller coalition partners must choose whether to trust the ANC to cooperate and risk loss of support, or to cut them loose and benefit from being the only opposition to the right
The GNU will not last forever. When it fails, South Africans in the Cape and elsewhere must be prepared to take action.
After the ANC has retracted their guarantee of Orania’s autonomy, the party must take a hard stance, or risk losing support
The ANC has paid lip service to "human rights", but has only voted in concert with China and its allies in the UN. South Africa has gotten little in exchange.
The DA have vetoed on the admission of the PA to the GNU, which would have got the coalition over the 2/3rds threshold. But the VF+ remains a potential candidate.
The coalition may be the best of the available options, and there is much good to say of it, but it is unlikely to fix the country, nor outlive Ramaphosa
