Tony Carr

Jul 12, 2024 | cpusa.org | Mark Waller |Tony Carr

Irony pervades the final outcome of South Africa’s watershed elections and the formation of a coalition government. The ANC’s 11-party Government of National Unity (GNU) signals a major change in South African politics and a shift to the political right that appears to mirror similar trends in Europe and elsewhere. But while the rightward march in the global north generally has degrees of popular support, the opposite is the case in South Africa.