South Africa’s 10-party coalition government should forge a new pact that outlines shared obligations and expected conduct to avoid the internal disputes that have repeatedly threatened the alliance, Rise Mzansi said.
The African National Congress formed the so-called government of national unity in June last year after losing its parliamentary majority for the first time since the end of apartheid in 1994.
Since then, Government of National Unity (GNU) members have clashed over key issues, including a national budget that took three attempts to pass.
Tensions have also flared between the African National Congress (ANC) and the Democratic Alliance (DA) — the bloc’s two largest parties — over graft and core economic policies.
Songezo Zibi, leader of Rise Mzansi, another GNU member, stressed the need for the alliance to move beyond a two-party pact and fully include all partners.
“You need to change the current agreement and make it a
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