South Africa needs a way to incorporate active citizens within the prevailing constitutional and legal structures, so as to strengthen all levels of government.
- Professor of Law, University of the Witwatersrand
Successful coalition governance ultimately depends on political maturity and the ability to govern across divisions.
South Africa’s local governments lack a clear separation of legislative and executive powers.
Opposition leader Mmusi Maimane’s takeover of responsibility for tackling the Western Cape water crisis blurs party and state lines.
Are different ways of governing emerging from South Africa’s cities governed by opposition coalitions?
A motion of no confidence - secret or open - in South Africa’s president will be destabilising. There’s value in ensuring that such a hefty decision is made openly and with courage of conviction.
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