Marriages of Inconvenience

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Marriages of Inconvenience: The politics of coalitions in South Africa is a research-based volume that collates and interprets lessons that South Africa should take to heart in managing interparty coalitions. It draws from domestic experiences as well as from case studies on the rest of the African continent and generic instances further afield.

Coalitions in various iterations have been a part of the South African polity since the attainment of democracy in 1994. This started, nationally, with a 'grand coalition' in the form of a Government of National Unity as mandated in the interim constitution. Coalitions have also found expression in some of the country's provinces. After the transition, multiparty governments were sustained at national and provincial levels either as a matter of necessity due to election outcomes or for other political considerations.

At local government level, coalitions have been relatively commonplace in South Africa from the onset of democratically elected municipalities in 2000, with many situations where no single party attained an absolute majority. This gained prominence from 2016 when many metropolitan governments and some large towns became sites of coalition politics.

PART I: APPROACHING POLITICAL COALITIONS IN SOUTH AFRICA: SOUTH AFRICAN PIVOTS, GLOBAL TRENDS, AFRICAN FOUNDATIONS

PART II: LEARNING FROM AFRICA'S EXPERIENCES: TRENDS AND CASE STUDIES IN GOVERNMENT AND OPPOSITION

PART III: ESTABLISHING LEGAL-CONSTITUTIONAL PARAMETERS AND ADMINISTRATIVE REPERCUSSIONS

PART IV: EXPERIMENTING WITH COALITION GOVERNMENTS: CORE CASE STUDIES AND EMERGING CULTURES

PART: THE WAY FORWARD: MECHANISMS, LESSONS, FUTURES

Sujets

• Political Parties
• Political Process
• Political Science
• African
• African people
• Politics of South Africa
• Political party
• World

Informations

• Publié par: The Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA)
• Date de parution: 12 décembre 2021
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781920690274
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

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MARRIAGES OF INCONVENIENCE

he Polîtîcs o Coalîtîonsîn SoutHArîca

EditedbySusanBooysen AMISTRAPUBLICATION

TION

Marrîages of Inconvenîence Té ôîîçŝ ô çôàîîôŝ î Sôû Aîçà

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Côé éŝî: Hôôûŝé Séçîàîŝ Gàîç Déŝîéŝ

Té éîô: Tàçé Hàôé

Cô éîô: àà Jàçô

Pôôéàé: Méà Màçé

Déŝîé: Rà àô

ïéé: Aîà à Vûûé

Sé î Séé Gààô .5/5

Please cite this publication as follows: MISTRA. 2021. Booysen, S. (ed.) Marriages of Inconvenience: The politics of coalitions in South Africa. Johannesburg: Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection

A îŝ éŝéé. Wîôû îîî é îŝ ûé çôî éŝéé àôé, ô à ô îŝ ûîçàîô à é éôûçé, ŝôé î ô îôûçé îô à éîéà ŝŝé, ô àŝîé, î à ô ô  à éàŝ (ééçôîç, éçàîçà, ôôçôî, éçôî ô ôéîŝé), îôû îô îé éîŝŝîô ô é çôî ôé à/ô é ûîŝé.

Tîŝ ôôk îŝ ŝô ŝûéç ô é çôîîô à î ŝà ô,  à ô àé ô ôéîŝé, é é, é-ŝô, îé ôû ô ôéîŝé çîçûàé îôû é ûîŝé’ŝ îô çôŝé î à ô ô îî ô çôé ôé à à î îç î îŝ ûîŝé à îôû à ŝîîà çôîîô éî îôŝé ô é ŝûŝéûé ûçàŝé.

Côéŝ

Péàçé . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . îî Açôŝ à àéîàîôŝ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . î Gôŝŝà ô éŝ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . îîî Côîûôŝ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . î ïôûçîô –Susan Booysen wîth Amuzwenî Ngoma. . . . . . . .

P A R T ï A P P R O A C H ï N G P O  ï T ï C A  C O A  ï T ï O N S ï N S O U T H A F R ï C A : S O U T H A F R ï C A N P ï V O T S , G  O B A  T R E N D S , A F R ï C A N F O U N D A T ï O N S

Càé : Càé : Càé 3: Càé 4:

Té ûéé àŝîîô ô à ôîàçé ô çôàîîôŝ: Sôû Aîçà’ŝ é ôîîçŝ ô îŝàîî –Susan Booysen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 ôçà ôéé çôàîîôŝ àçôŝŝ Sôû Aîçà, – – Mcebîsî Ndetyana9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Té îéàîôà ééîéçé ô çôàîîô ôîîçŝ: Déôçàç, à ŝŝéŝ à ŝàîî – Heîdî Brooks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Eéçôà ŝŝéŝ, à ŝŝéŝ à çôàîîôŝ: éŝŝôŝ ô Sôûé Aîçà – Khabee Matosa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

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P A R T ï ï

 E A R N ï N G F R O M A F R ï C A’ S E X P E R ï E N C E S : T R E N D S A N D C A S E S T U D ï E S ï N G O V E R N M E N T A N D O P P O S ï T ï O N

Càé 5:

Càé :

Càé 7:

Càé 8:

Té éàç ô ûîàîŝ ô ôîîçà çôàîîôŝ à é-ŝéékî î Aîçà ééçîôŝ – Grant Masterson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Côàîîô ôîîçŝ î Kéà: SûéIçîà àŝŝéàéŝ à ôéà éîçéŝ ô ààî ôé – Gîbert Khadîagaa44. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Côàîîô ôééŝ à ûééî ôîîçà îŝàîî î éŝôô, – – Motamee Kapa8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pôîîçà àîéŝ, àîàçé ôîîçŝ à é çîŝîŝ ô ôéàçé î Mààî – Nandînî Pate93. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

P A R T ï ï ï E S T A B  ï S H ï N G  E G A  - C O N S T ï T U T ï O N A  P A R A M E T E R S A N D A D M ï N ï S T R A T ï V E R E P E R C U S S ï O N S

Càé 9:

Càé :

Té çôŝîûîôà-éà îéŝîôŝ ô çôàîîô ôîîçŝ à ôéé î Sôû Aîçà – Pîerre de Vos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Té îàç ô çôàîîôŝ ô Sôû Aîçà’ŝ éôôîà àîîŝàîôŝ – Crîspîan Over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

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Contents

P A R T ï V

E X P E R ï M E N T ï N G W ï T H C O A  ï T ï O N G O V E R N M E N T S : C O R E C A S E S T U D ï E S A N D E M E R G ï N G C U T U R E S

Càé : Càé : Càé 3: Càé 4: Càé 5:

Pôé, ôîîçŝ à îéôô: Uéŝàî çôûçîôŝ’ îéŝ ô é û ô à î é Cî ô Jôàéŝû – Bonoo Makgae. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Té Tŝàé éôôîà çôûçî: Mûîà à ûîé çôàîîôŝ, à îéîé ôéàçé – Graeme de Bruyn38. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Côàîîôŝ î Néŝô Màéà Bà: Sûéŝîôŝ ô éôçàç – Mcebîsî Ndetyana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347 Fû ççéŝ à éîéîôŝ î çôàîîôŝ î é Wéŝé Càé à Càé Tô éô – Sanusha Naîdu38. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pôé àŝîîô î KàZûû-Nàà: Pôŝ-994 çôàîîôŝ î àçîô – Lukhona Mngunî43. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

P A R T V T H E W AY F O R W A R D : M E C H A N ï S M S ,  E S S O N S , F U T U R E S

Càé : Càé 7: Nôéŝ ïé

Pôîîçà çôîîôŝ à àçîîàé çôàîîô ôàîô à ôkàîî – Amuzwenî Ngoma435. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sôû Aîçà’ŝ ôé ô çôàîîô ôéé: CôLîç î ûî – Susan Booysen4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499

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Péàçé

For all the critique of interparty coalitions, é éçôé îéîàé – à éŝŝéîà îŝûéŝ ô ôéàçé – é àŝôûé àôîîéŝ àé ô éàîŝé î à ééçîô. Sûç ôééŝ àé, î à ŝéŝé, à ôûç ô é éôé’ŝ î î à é ééçôàé àŝŝéŝ à àçk ô ôééî çôIéçé î à ŝîé çôéŝà î é ôŝ. Marrîages of Inconvenîence: The poîtîcs of coaîtîons în South Afrîcaîŝ à éŝéàç-àŝé ôûé à çôàéŝ à îééŝ éŝŝôŝ à Sôû Aîçà ŝôû àké ô éà î ààî ŝûç ééûàîîéŝ. ï àŝ ô ôéŝîç ééîéçéŝ àŝ é àŝ ô çàŝé ŝûîéŝ ô é éŝ ô é Aîçà çôîé à ééîç îŝàçéŝ ûé àIé. Côàîîôŝ î àîôûŝ îéàîôŝ àé éé à à ô é Sôû Aîçà ôî ŝîçé é ààîé ô éôçàç î 994. Tîŝ ŝàé, àîôà, î à ‘à çôàîîô’ î é ô ô à Gôéé ô Nàîôà Uî àŝ ààé î é îéî çôŝîûîô. Côàîîôŝ àé àŝô ôû ééŝŝîô î ŝôé ô é çôû’ŝ ôîçéŝ. Aé é àŝîîô, ûîà ôééŝ éé ŝûŝàîé à àîôà à ôîçîà ééŝ éîé àŝ à àé ô éçéŝŝî ûé ô ééçîô ôûçôéŝ ô ô ôé ôîîçà çôŝîéàîôŝ. A ôçà ôéé éé, çôàîîôŝ àé éé éàîé çôôàçé î Sôû Aîçà ô é ôŝé ô éôçàîçà ééçé ûîçîàîîéŝ î , î à ŝîûàîôŝ éé ô ŝîé à ààîé à àŝôûé àôî. Tîŝ àîé ôîéçé ô  é à éôôîà ôééŝ à ŝôé àé ôŝ éçàé ŝîéŝ ô çôàîîô ôîîçŝ. Té çôàîîôŝ àé àké à àîé ô ôŝ, îçûî çô-ôéàçé ààééŝ à ŝéîçé-à-ŝû

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Marrîages of Inconvenîence

àéééŝ éé îôî ôééŝ àé ôé û  ôé àîéŝ ô à îŝŝûé--îŝŝûé àŝîŝ. Tîŝ ôûé ŝéékŝ ô îŝî é àçôŝ à ééàé ŝûççéŝŝû çôàîîôŝ, àô î ôŝé à ôççàŝîô ààçkŝ. O é ôé, î ôû ŝéé à Sôû Aîçà îŝ ôô éûîé ô çôàîîô ôîîçŝ. Wîé îŝàîî î çôàîîôŝ îŝ ô ûîûé, îŝ îŝ ô à îéîàé ôûç ô ûîà ôéàçé. ï à çôûîéŝ, à îéé î ŝôé ûîçîàîîéŝ î Sôû Aîçà, éé îŝ àéçîàîô ô é éé ô ôé çôôéàîé, çôŝûçîé à î é ôûà îééŝ é çôàîîôŝ éçôé îéîàé. ï ŝôé ûîŝîçîôŝ, é çûûé ô çôàîîô ôîîçŝ àŝ éçôé îàîé. Rééà ô à éŝé ééîéçéŝ àé çîîçà îŝŝûéŝ ŝûç àŝ ééçôà à à ŝŝéŝ, ôîîçà çûûé à é ûàî ô ôîîçà éàéŝî. Téé îŝ éçôîîô ô é ŝàîîŝî ééçŝ ô çôàîîôŝ é ôîîçà àîéŝ çô-ôéàé à éîé ééçîé ôéàçé, ôû àûé çôŝéŝûŝ-ûîî. Bû éé îŝ àŝô àçkôééé ô çô-ôéî ààééŝ à éîçé éîîàî çôéîîô ûî àîôûŝ àŝéŝ ô é ééçôà ççé. Sôé à àà à é éçôŝîûé. ï éŝé îŝàçéŝ, ôéàçé à ŝéîçé ô é ûîç àé ŝééé çôôîŝé. Açôŝŝ àîôûŝ çàéŝ ô îŝ ôûé, çîîçà ûéŝîôŝ ô ô ô ŝàîîŝé çôàîîô ôéàçé î é Sôû Aîçà ŝéî àé îéîIé. Té Iŝ éàîŝ ô éé éé ŝôû é ôŝ-ééçîô ôkàé çôàîîô àéééŝ à àé ôé î, à àŝŝéŝŝé (û ô éôé) , à çôéé àûôî. Té ŝéçô îŝ éé, à ôçà éé, é ôîô ô à ôôîôà çôéçîé ééçûîé ŝŝé – àŝ îŝîç ô à ééçûîé àôà – ŝôû éçôé ààô é à ŝîé à ô çôàîîô ô àîéŝ îŝ ûàé ô ààî à àŝôûé àôî. Tî, ŝîç ôŝéàçé ô é àŝ ô é àôîé ô ûéàûçàŝ à ô é ôé ô ôîîçîàŝ î àîîŝàîé éçîŝîôŝ, îçûî ôçûéé, îŝ éé ôé çûçîà ûé çôàîîô ôéé. Téé àé, ôéé, îîŝ ô çôŝîûîôà à éîŝàîé éûàîô. ïéà ôôî à çôôéàîé à çôŝûçîé éàîôŝ çàô é éîŝàé. Té àûî ô à éàéŝ à çîîé

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àçîîŝ àé ô çîîçà î éŝûî ŝàîî. A ŝô, éééî à çûûé ô ŝàé çôàîîô ôîîçŝ î Sôû Aîçà à àké îé à ôé àçîçà ééîéçé; û î îŝ î é àûé ô à ôîîçŝ à îŝ çàô é ààîé î à îéà àŝîô à ô à îé. Té Màûûé ïŝîûé ô Sàéîç RéLéçîô (MïSTRA) ôéŝ àMarrîages of Inconvenîenceé îô é ééçîŝé î ô çôàîîô ôîîçŝ î Sôû Aîçà. Uéŝàî é ééîàŝ ô ôŝîîé à éàîé ééîéçéŝ, é ôé, î ûé àîéŝ ôàŝ çôŝûçîé à ŝûŝàîàé çôàîîôŝ. A é çôé ô îŝ îŝ à çôîé ô ŝéé é éôé’ŝ éçôôîç, ŝôçîà à ôîîçà îééŝŝ. MïSTRA îŝéŝ ô àk é àûôŝ à é éàŝ àçôŝŝ é ûîçàîô çàî, àŝ é àŝ ôŝé ô çôîûé ô é ïŝîûé’ŝ ŝûŝéàçé. Mà é îŝîŝ î îŝ ôûé ôôé îôôûŝ îŝçôûŝé à ûé çôàîîô àçîçé!

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