South Africa's government of national unity continues to test a novel model of coalition governance, proving the country's democracy can accommodate disagreement without crisis.
South Africa's government of national unity continues to test a novel model of coalition governance, balancing competing parties within a single executive and proving that the country's democracy can accommodate disagreement without crisis.
The arrangement has required compromise on policy and patience on ambition — a slow, deliberate politics that has surprised its skeptics.
For a continent watching whether multiparty democracy can deliver, South Africa's experiment is now a live case study.
The most important question in South African politics is no longer who wins, but whether they can govern together after.
Nadia Hassan covers power, policy and governance across North and East Africa.