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The real narrative in a country like South Africa should be whether the political culture and climate can move away from the post-liberation dominance of the ANC and provide a fertile ground for opposition to undertake the corrective action needed, writes Daniel Silke.
As South Africa celebrates its 27th year of political freedom, one key feature of a real democracy – that of a competitive election where the possible defeat of the governing party by its opposition – has yet to occur.
In fact, except for the 2016 election in which the ANC did suffer a significant erosion of support leading to opposition victories in major metros (amid the worst of the Jacob Zuma era), the threat of a national defeat for the ANC at the polls remains relatively remote.
