GOVERNANCE MODELS
AS political parties go into coalition in KwaZulu-Natal, we take a step back into the history of coalitions in the province since 1994.
The first form of government in the country’s democratic dispensation was a type of coalition government referred to as a Government of National Unity (GNU) in 1994 between the ANC, National Party (NP) and IFP.
The GNU illustrated the positive potential of coalitions as tools that could contribute to political stability for several reasons.
First, it was a power-sharing arrangement meant to oversee the process and finalisation of the new Constitution,
