Ismail Joosub considers the juxtaposition of President Ramaphosa’s ambitious rhetoric against the backdrop of significant socio-economic challenges, historical context and the complexities of coalition governance.
The FW de Klerk Foundation’s Coalition Government Conference, presented in collaboration with the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, took place in Johannesburg on Friday, 12 July.
The FW de Klerk Foundation welcomes Parliament’s election of Cyril Ramaphosa as the President of South Africa today.
The ANC has laid out specific conditions for political parties interested in joining its GNU. Ismail Joosub explores how numerous parties have responded to the ANC’s conditions.
Ismail Joosub takes a look at why South Africa’s coalition governments have been unstable. It also looks at the legislative efforts aimed at formalising these agreements and the necessity of detailed coalition agreements to secure coherent policy implementation.
Daniela Ellerbeck and Ismail Joosub discuss South Africa’s form of local government (municipalities) and how municipal councils are elected and composed, with consideration of the Constitution, the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act, 1998, as well as coalitions’ track record of service delivery in certain areas.
The FW de Klerk Foundation welcomes the Constitutional Court’s dismissal of the uMkhonto weSizwe Party’s (“MKP”) urgent application for an interdict to prevent Parliament’s first sitting tomorrow.
South Africa’s 2024 National and Provincial elections have significantly changed the country’s political landscape as no single party won an outright majority (more than 50% of the seats). Thus, cooperation between parties is needed.
The FW de Klerk Foundation’s “South Africa First!” petition calls for the new government (which is still to be formed) to consist of political parties loyal to the Constitution.
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FW de Klerk Foundation
129 Hatfield Street, Gardens, Cape Town, South Africa
+27 (0) 21 930 36 22
info@fwdeklerk.org
NPO number – 031-061
PBO number – 930004278
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