CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR: Covid gives rise to long-delayed reforms

Just a month ago in Africa’s largest economy, a reform that seemed impossible became possible. Nigeria ended subsidies that kept petrol prices low.

Across Africa, long-delayed reforms in governance are suddenly on the table. Both the challenge of the pandemic and the prospect of the continent’s first recession in more than 25 years have put leaders on notice. Even before the coronavirus crisis is over, civic activists and international creditors are demanding deep reforms in badly managed regimes.

However, comprehensive reforms face a formidable obstacle in SA. It is well-documented that, after 26 years in power, the governing ANC is bloated with corruption and incompetence. Breaking its inertia will be a challenge even for Ramaphosa, who carries enormous credibility as a chief architect of SA’s democracy and for his success in business, but who seems little inclined to buck his party.

African nations will need to draw on their previous experiences in making significant reforms. For SA, the relevant lesson is a recent one — the early post-apartheid years of the late 1990s when new institutions were formed.

The end of BBBEE and affirmative action?! Are you going to treat whites as citizens again?! Are you communist days over?! So you not going to loot pensions then?! Why don’t I believe you?

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