The African National Congress is an organisation divided against itself. Since it has become a governing party in 1994, it has been defined by ideological differences on how to deal with economic transformation, tensions of leadership succession after Mandela and beyond, and generally acute contestations on policy direction [...]

   For much of the first fifteen years of post-1994 South Africa, the leadership of how its democracy was established captivated the world’s imagination. Other countries looked on enviously as South Africa became the beacon of hope about the possibility of a successful democratic order based on universal principles of [...]

     For almost three decades since the unbanning of the ANC and the release of its foremost branded leader, Nelson Mandela, the ANC-as-leader-of-society has had a characterization of it being an indispensable institution of leadership with little to no competitor in determining to content of South Africa’s transformation agenda. [...]

 In his rendition that ‘transition to a non-ANC government will be chaotic’, Tembe raises the possibility of a national coalition government taking over the management of state affairs, come 2024. ( https://www.kunjalod.co.za/2022/01/south-africas-transition-to-non-anc.html?m=1). He paints, and instructed by recent voter behaviour, a scenario where the strategic provinces of Gauteng, Western Cape and Kwa [...]