Coalition government

Following the local government elections.

So the anatomy of coalition politics.

My guest for the conversation, Dr. T. Nanzor, who is Senior Researcher from the University of the Bitbaat, Desran from BITS.

And we have Jonathan Moakes, who's Director at Asabi Strategy Group.

But yeah, I mean as per my earlier point, I think voters are clearly becoming more discerning across South Africa and they're making kind of very, very rational decisions.

And I think not only will the clock be ticking for people to form coalitions and start governing, but I think the clock will be ticking for voters to see if there's any progress with these new governments that are about to be formed.

Yeah, we're talking about the anatomy of coalition politics.

And of course, it's across the desk right here on the Clement Mayatella show.

Mind you, the parties that are involved in these conversations are parties that are themselves.

eating from the a and c so what does this all mean for those of you who are watching this trying to get an understanding of where we are as a country and i'll be very simple about this where we are as a country now is that the composition of how our metros are going to be governed is now locked in to coalition politics.

I think it is safe to say that the majority of the people that are here from parties are here to negotiate coalition agreements.

And as the results continue to trickle in, the dynamics of how those coalitions are determined are going to continue to change.

So if they do bring in, as we've heard, technocratic expertise start to deliver in partnership with parties like the DA that are going to make gains, I think that's really positive.

The gravity of coalition politics may also change depending on the result tomorrow.

It could be a situation that the ANC...

And the DAE become more equal in some of the locations that they're in.

So, overall, I don't think that this situation is going to bring us to new elections.

However, I do think that we're overall on a trajectory for new elections, just on the basis of how the coalition politics are shaping up at the moment.

There are no easy paths forward.

It's incredibly complex and very dramatic what's going on behind the scenes between the different parties.

What do you want to say?

I think we're in for a long and...

You could say bloody almost in some ways, battle in terms of the coalition politics.

The president has his work cut out for him.

It's interesting that you choose the fragmented as the descriptive word.

I thought we are all now in this craze of coalition politics and that you would be excited about that too.

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It's negative, silly stuff.

And yesterday, Labour had an absolute clanger of all the issues and all the policies that Labour could have come up with to attract voters, to point out deficiencies in the coalition government.

Why

on earth did they have to decide on housing as one of their last big pushes before the election? You'll have heard Kieran McAnulty yesterday announcing a new rent-to-buy scheme that would allow public housing tenants to save for a house deposit.