Coalition governance beyond the 2024 elections: The impact on business

Purshottama ReddySouth Africa will be shortly conducting its seventh general elections on 29 May 2024 following 30 years of democracy in the country. The 2024 elections have been deemed to be a watershed event and a turning point for the post 1994 democratic regime as it had unrivalled and firm support in the past six elections. However, this time around, as predicted by many political analysts, the situation is likely to change with the ushering in of potential coalition governance, particularly at the national and provincial governmental spheres. In the event that the governing party…