Lessons from Mzansi

ON Wednesday, President Cyril Ramaphosa was sworn-in for the second term in office, bringing an end to an intriguing seventh general election in South Africa. It was an election that bears so many lessons for Sadc in particular and Africa in general.

Ramaphosa’s ANC national support dipped to 40% for the first time since independence in 1994, necessitating the creation of a coalition government or a Government of National Unity (GNU).

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