Simon Nare
As South Africa heads to the polls on Wednesday there is a niggling question on the minds of the more than 27 million registered voters:
“Who among the leaders of the four top opposition political parties will occupy the Union Buildings when several surveys show no clear winner in this country’s most important elections in 30 years?”
In all probability President Cyril Ramaphosa will retain his position through a coalition agreement if the ANC doesn’t win by an outright majority as required by the constitution.
But even that will depend on who the ruling party is willing to go to bed with among some of the parties positioned on the left or right of the political spectrum to enable it to stay in power and to keep Ramaphosa as President of the Republic.
Speculation is that the ANC would have to choose among the Democratic Alliance (DA) on
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