Coalition talks in South Africa evoke memories of Codesa negotiations, emphasising the urgency for unity in governing.
The Congress for a Democratic South Africa failed twice before 1993’s Multi-Party Negotiating Forum finally reached a deal to progress South Africa’s political transition., voters did not give any party an outright mandate to govern and leaders face pulling together opposites to some kind of centre.The transition from apartheid rule to a new democracy was challenging for all involved, but the issues were vastly different. But in both instances, the goal was and is to save South Africa.
But while it will not be a rerun of the 1990s, Leon quoted Mark Twain to make his point: “History might not repeat itself, but it often rhymes,” he said. “We have to get the process right.” “There must be a realisation that previous ideologies and configurations just did not work,” he said, “and the installation of friends and family in key positions just backfires.
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