Political parties are formed on the pursuit of a vision and some shared policy positions by members. That was the case for the ANC-Led Tripartite Alliance until 1994 when their vision of winning state power was achieved. Since then the alliance has been
defined by internal battles over policy choices to meet the needs of the growing poor that have been neglected and exploited through the apartheid era.Even the NDP has been contested with no agreement in sight.They have no agreement on vision a for SA.
They can therefore have no alignment on policy choices for social upliftment and growth. They are reactive to demanding situations in a dynamic context. When the pandemic struck, the economy was already in ICU because of policy incoherence and incompetence.
Read: " The ANC government has never had a credible, labour-intensive growth policy" BD 2 May 2017.
This alliance structure makes it impossible for the ANC to be a policy driven party.
For this reason corruption and hegemonic impunity fill the void.
This alliance structure makes it impossible for the ANC to be a policy driven party.
For this reason corruption and hegemonic impunity fill the void.
The party has relied on its liberation credentials to perpetuate its hold on power. It has also exploited the undying hope of the poor for a better life by crafting unrealistic promises at every policy conference prior to elections. We are there now.
The current one is the "New Dawn". Lofty words full of imaginary new deal. But it cannot be achieved because its biggest driver is the attainment of a competent state. This possibility is remote, to say the least. Cadre deployment will not die now.
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