Joburg's collapse of anti-ANC Moonshot Pact - "dit loop kak", but insider Cronje provides context, offers hope

A month after DA leader John Steenhuisen proclaimed a Moonshot Pact to sweep the ANC from power next year, the coalition has collapsed at a relatively low first hurdle. Although they had the numbers to eject the ANC alliance from power in the Johannesburg Metro, opposition politicians could not agree on some key issues. Steenhuisen is "unavailable," but an official DA statement's reference to "former" coalition partners speaks volumes. Political scientist Dr Frans Cronje, who has been closely involved in the negotiation process, admits things "loop kak" - i.e. discussions are going very badly. But the head of the Social Research Foundation says the turbulence is not unexpected when seen in perspective. He says not all participants appreciate the "epochal change" occurring in SA politics. So mindsets will require time before adjusting to a very different future, which contrasts starkly with an effective one-party state for virtually all of South Africa's past four centuries. Cronje spoke to Alec Hogg of BizNews. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices