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The Coalition Dilemma: How not to re-empower a wounded ANC – Dr Piet Croucamp

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A flurry of negotiations has taken place over the last couple of days as political parties started coalition talks after the 2021 local government elections resulted in 66 hung councils with the ANC dipping below 50% of voter support for the first time in post-apartheid South Africa. Political analyst, Dr Piet Croucamp from North-West University, says the challenge of opposition parties is not to re-empower the ANC as the governing party is on course to lose the national election in 2024 unless, “they do something really, really radical”. Dr Croucamp also weighs in on the stellar rise of Herman Mashaba and the EFF as a toxic coalition partner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
9 Nov 2021 10AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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