IT DOESN’T happen very often in the world of politics: politicians setting aside their differences to work together towards a common goal. Usually it’s every party for itself with insults flying about and behaviour that wouldn’t look out of place on a preschool playground.
So when seven opposition parties got together recently and publicly signed a deal promising to cooperate with one another, it came as a surprise.
The rival parties may not see eye to eye on everything but they do agree on some aspects.
The first is that they don’t want the African National Congress (ANC) to win another five years in power. The second is that they know individually they can’t unseat the ruling party – they
