Adversarial collaboration is the way of coalitions

The stormy relationship between the two major parties in the GNU is not an anomaly, given their adversarial relationship of the past 30 years

13 April 2025 - 00:00

South Africa should not take lightly the idea that no one party has absolute power to govern. It is disruptive to historically established and new strategic networks. Nodes of influence have lost significant ground in several aspects of South Africa’s state power. The change, though not yet visible to those who dream of returning to power, is definitely underway. ..

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