There are many reasons to think coalitions are good for South Africa. For one, they enable new parties that would otherwise be permanently locked out of power to get a foothold in government.
There is also a strong concern that coalitions lead to opportunistic politics and can actually undermine accountability, rather than strengthen it. Some argue that coalitions formed with “fly-by-night” parties will lead to permanent instability in South Africa unless we make important changes to the laws related to these agreements and that political squabbling is only part of the problem, while the real reason coalitions fail is structural.
In a situation where you have two or three strong opposition parties forming a coalition, such an approach may work, but where you have an array of parties from various ideological backgrounds, party strength doesn’t matter, because without the mutual support of the other parties, they cannot get into government anyway.
The second part, the less visible stream, is the negotiations on how the structure of government will work. Forming the structure easily ends up being 70-80% of the effort.
No matter where you go in the world, trust in institutions has diminished significantly. To quote the speaker, “It’s not easy to be popular when doing unpopular things.” And, at present, many politicians globally are doing many crooked and unpopular things.
Did you say solid structure, spirit of trust and generosity? ClownWorld_ here is one 🤡🤡🤡
first, have to get rid of the professional, rent-seeking narcissistic, usually race-baiting politicians
Important lessons for sure. My concern at home here in SA is that we have one or two parties of politicians whose personal interests far outweigh any consideration of the electorate. Am I being overly critical and synical.
No it can't. They're Irish, we are not 🙄
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