Term two: Chief Justice Raymond Zondo (left) and President Cyril Ramaphosa (right) at the latter’s inauguration on Wednesday. The author says the next five years will be a new test for the ANC. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy
Nelson Mandela, in a 1990 interview, when referring to the identity of the ANC, stated that it was not a political party but instead a coalition.
What he was gesturing towards was the inevitable variety of economic interests housed within the party: liberal, socialist, free market, conservative.
Now, however, this insight helps to…