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Is GNU a disaster waiting to happen?

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July 17, 2024

The government of national unity (GNU) has many political parties. I'm not sure if it's a good or bad thing.

- Thabile Mange

Is GNU a disaster waiting to happen?

What I see is that this move will weaken the opposition parties, who lack the numbers to challenge the parties in the GNU.

For the longest time, our country has been without an effective opposition because the opposition parties had no numbers to push or veto certain policies in parliament. On the other hand, the governing party passed policies using numbers to its advantage. Are we there again, in a different format?

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