To suggest that the 2024 electoral outcome has fundamentally altered how parties relate to one another post-election would be an understatement. Never has the party with a majority of votes found itself thrust into a tailspin of negotiations in a frantic search for a solution that will maximise its electoral performance.
As it is wont to do when faced with a seemingly intractable challenge, the ruling party prevaricates, puts its head in the sand, and embarks on its worn-out strategy of “buying and selling”. At the heart of this prevarication is a self-created conundrum.
The ANC of Ramaphosa stands for nothing. It wants to be all things to all people. On the other hand, it wants to please the so-called markets. Accordingly, South Africa’s democracy can be sacrificed on the altar of a group of international banks and firms whose preoccupation is on maximising profit.
At the same time, the ANC is concerned
