Michael Beaumont | SA cannot co-exist in mutual prosperity with an ANC in government

As the saying goes, “if you sup with the devil, you had better have a long spoon.” Put differently, any political party that takes votes from South Africans in these elections, and then uses those votes to keep the ANC in power, is going to be effectively dissolving itself.

Terms like government of national unity sound appealing, as do supply and demand relationships that keep the ANC at arm’s length.

However, it will not be long before such parties find themselves defending what they have always opposed, and voting to keep their newfound positions and perks.