Contributions
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Between caution and confidence
Ramaphosa’s SONA signalled cautious progress: growth returns, reforms take hold and loadshedding eases. Now South Africans want proof that stability delivers jobs, relief and real opportunity.
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Trump’s Stage, Ramaphosa’s test
President Ramaphosa’s U.S. visit turned political theatre as Trump revived false claims of a “white farmer genocide” in South Africa — a myth disproven by data but still popular with his conservative base.
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DA vs ANC: VAT Strains the GNU
Tensions in South Africa’s Government of National Unity rise as the ANC pushes a VAT hike opposed by the DA, exposing deeper coalition strains and raising doubts about the GNU’s true balance of power.
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A new political era dawns
The election on May 29, 2024 marked a historic turning point in South Africa's young democracy: the African National Congress (ANC), the former party of freedom fighter Nelson Mandela, lost its parliamentary majority for the first time in 30 years. In future, South Africa will be led by a government of national unity. The agreement signed in the early hours of June 14 by the ANC, the liberal Democratic Alliance (DA) and the socially conservative Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) laid the foundations for a coalition government committed to constitutional fidelity, the rule of law, social justice and the fight against poverty.
