OPINIONISTA: South Africa is in a mess — it’s time for coalition politics

South Africa is being held captive by factional battles and policy differences within the ruling party. This is influenced by external forces using these factions for their own agendas and interests. We are merely pawns in their chess game.

Ramaphosa will have to unbundle Eskom and allow independent power producers to enter the fray in order to break the monopoly, so that competition will benefit the consumers. The reality is that unions and the South African Communist Party will never allow this to happen. This decision puts Ramaphosa in a compromised position and he doesn’t have a spine to do the right thing, which is becoming his downfall.

The Democratic Party and New National Party formed the Democratic Alliance in 1999/2000; floor-crossing led to the establishment of the Independent Democrats in 2003; the breakaway of the New National Party to join the African National Congress in 2004; and the seven-party coalition government in the City of Cape Town in 2006, which included the DA, United Democratic Movement , Freedom Front Plus and subsequently the ID, to mention some.

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