South Africa: will the coalition hold?

A calm start to the first session of parliament post the 7th National Democratic elections held on 29 main South Africa. The official opposition party, the DA today confirming it is part of the Government of National Unity, has also confirmed the PA, while the IFP confirmed earlier this week. And while the way forward is clear enough for South Africa, as the day's adviser Tony Leon says they could be obstacles. Cautious optimism is the watchword and whether it's more caution and or more optimism will be determined because what's happened now is really just. A framework, but what's going to happen? Is is is how the parties behave towards each other? South Africa has only had two years of power sharing ever between 1994 and 1996. That did not work out. We've just got to hope. Second time lucky. While analyst Lawson Naidu is slightly more optimistic. You know everybody can't be part of it because you know there has to be an agreement at some level, agreement on common principles and common vision. And some of the some of the parties find themselves out of that, that framework and therefore, you know, excluding themselves in a way. So, but it is going to create tension. But I think it'll take some time for it to settle down because at the end of the day, we need a a good stable government, but we also need an opposition in parliament that keeps that government on its toes. And the IF PS Velinco senior visa raises another concern. No, no, no, I'm not expecting any unrest in Wazirul Natal because even yesterday, the chief negotiator of the MK. Obama will say got confirmed that the discussions will be ongoing. Concerns about possible protests are not unfounded. There was at least one in Cape Town this morning unhappy that the parliamentary sitting was going ahead as planned, despite Jacob Zuma's attempts to stop it.