SOUTH AFRICA COALITION DOOMSDAY FOR WHOM?

After long-time ruling party African National Congress (ANC) lost its majority in South Africa’s 2024 elections, opposition parties Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) were put forth as likely candidates for a coalition government.

However, in a move that came as a surprise to many, the ANC opted to go into a coalition with the right-wing Democratic Alliance (DA), which for years has opposed ANC policies seeking to redress the legacy of apartheid, which still affects many Black South Africans, economically and socially.

The ANC's decision to align with the DA is widely seen as having been pushed by powerful white business forces that did not want to see the EFF and MK in government.

In this clip, activist Darren Campher responds to Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis' comments about the ANC/EFF/MK alliance being a doomsday scenario for white settlers. Despite having Africa’s biggest GDP, the country’s wealth is concentrated with the minority white-settler population, who own 72 per cent of private farmland despite comprising less than 8 per cent of the population. Meanwhile, Black South Africans suffer poverty, unemployment and landlessness, with only a tiny Black elite integrated into the economy.

Parties like the EFF that champion greater African custody of South Africa’s resources, such as appropriation of land without compensation, are a threat to white monopoly capital, the primary beneficiary of South Africa’s economic success.

Video credit: @darrencampher.com (IG) / @campherdarren (X)

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https://www.news24.com/fin24/markets/currencies/rand-plunges-after-da-threatens-to-walk-away-from-gnu-20240627 

https://www.ncesc.com/geographic-faq/who-owns-most-of-the-land-in-south-africa/ 

https://statisticstimes.com/economy/african-countries-by-gdp.php 

https://theconversation.com/white-people-in-south-africa-still-hold-the-lions-share-of-all-forms-of-capital-75510 

https://www.ecr.co.za/news/news/eff-urges-anc-exclude-da-and-ff-plus-gnu/ 

https://www.news24.com/News24/land-expropriation-without-compensation-what-does-it-mean-20180304-5