{"id":90377,"date":"2024-07-16T23:27:51","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T21:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/?p=90377"},"modified":"2024-07-16T23:27:51","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T21:27:51","slug":"analysis-the-gnu-and-what-to-expect-from-the-president-on-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/analysis-the-gnu-and-what-to-expect-from-the-president-on-thursday\/","title":{"rendered":"Analysis: the GNU and what to expect from the President on Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sameera Casmod | sameerac@radioislam.co.za<\/a>
\n16 July 2024 | 23:28 SAST
\n1-minute read<\/p>\n

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\nImage: Radio Islam International<\/p>\n

South Africans await with bated breath President Ramaphosa\u2019s Opening of Parliament Address (OPA) that is scheduled to take place on Thursday.<\/p>\n

It will be the President\u2019s first speech since the election, and analysts suggest that political rhetoric will be used to convince South Africans to believe in the new Government of National Unity (GNU),<\/p>\n

Despite claims that participants of the GNU are united and in complete agreement, political analyst Sandile Swana says that dissent and differences of opinion are natural and will eventually come to the fore.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have seen that there is opportunism within the GNU. For instance, when the ANC\u2026 [held the] vote for the speaker of parliament and to pass that phase of setting up parliament, they told the DA that they are not ANC\u2019s equal partners. \u201cWe are still going to open the door and invite more people and we are not going to have any veto powers,\u201d Swana said.<\/p>\n

The GNU, it appears, will not be immune to the probable fragmentation that will be caused by the different political parties\u2019 individual political motives.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are going to pass this stage after this stage we would expect that prime ministers from different parties would want to gain some prominence and popularity for their political parties within the GNU, more than building credibility of the GNU,\u201d Swana said.<\/p>\n

However, there have been numerous statements from some ministers from opposition parties that show commitment to drive positive change in a short time span.<\/p>\n

Swana says that there is \u201crealistic opportunity\u201d for improvement and that \u201cthere is enough space for them to do corrections, because part pf the failure and the electoral loss of the ANC has been through neglect of the duties that they were supposed to perform.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to neglect and laziness, many of South Africa\u2019s problems stem from the absence of a feasible plan to implement Ramaphosa\u2019s vision for South Africa.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of the criticism, for instance from former President Thabo Mbeki, former Statistician-General, are related to the tactical work that is not getting done \u2026 his vision not being translated into an implementable plan,\u201d Swana said.<\/p>\n

Listen <\/strong>to the full interview on Sabaahul Muslim with Moulana Sulaimaan Ravat here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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