Mystified by closed-door manoeuvring

After decades of winner-takes-all democracy, for the past fortnight, the public has been watching in rapt befuddlement the complex negotiations taking place behind closed doors to assemble a Government of National Unity (GNU). Almost as mystified has been a media whose sole role in life is to accurately inform its audience.

It’s virtually a done deal, Business Day assured its readers late on Wednesday night. The GNU would be installed by the weekend.

“We are taking the deal,” said a DA source. An ANC leader said: “There are no roadblocks. We are comfortable with what has been proposed.”