Whatever shape the new government takes, it will not be a national unity alliance like the one negotiated by Nelson Mandela in 1994.
At that time the ANC reached across the divide from a position of strength. Now it is doing so from a position of political necessity – having lost its outright majority.
It seems the composition will be similar. Thirty years ago the ANC joined forces with the National Party that ruled during the racist system of apartheid, and the Zulu nationalist Inkhata Freedom Party (IFP).
The IFP has already confirmed it’s on board again.
The white-led Democratic Alliance, which absorbed some members of the National Party, is reportedly also now on board.
But ANC breakaway factions on the left have made it clear they will not join.
“This is not a government of national unity,” says TK Pooe from the Wits School of Governance.
“It’s just a bit of camouflaging so that people don’t have to own that it’s a grand coalition between three parties.”
The prospect of an alliance with the DA, a historic opponent of the ANC, has triggered a backlash within the ruling party.
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