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SA’s GNU turns one – a year of unity, friction and some green shoots | SA News

A year into South Africa’s Government of National Unity, the country has learnt one thing: duct tape governance may not be elegant, but it can stick things together – at least for a while.

When the Government of National Unity (GNU) was unveiled after the May 2024 election, it was hailed as a political miracle. The rand perked up. Long-term interest rates softened. Investors briefly rediscovered the word “confidence”. 

President Cyril Ramaphosa managed to rebrand a shaky coalition as a “broad-based unity project”, and much of the country ex­­haled in cautious relief. At last, perhaps, we were entering the age of…

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