COMPLEX ALIGNMENTS
A SIGNIFICANT battle for control over the country’s policy-making arena is under way. The ANC's underwhelming 40% performance at a national level means it needs to form a coalition to govern.
The business sector strongly advocates for the ANC to form a coalition government with the DA and some signatories to the multi-party pact. However, within the ANC and its alliance partners, there is a preference for co-governance with political parties that share similar pro-poor policy positions.
The situation may be more complex than it appears. South Africa may have experienced a soft coup attempt. This attempt at regime change carried out through the electoral process aimed to oust a
