Bickering 'but strong'

POLITICS: TRIPARTITE ALLIANCE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE - ANALYST

- Eric Mthobeli Naki

Expect no blood on the floor and for the tripartite alliance to remain intact despite the worsening relations between ANC and the SA Communist Party (SACP), an expert said yesterday.

He said the alliance would not disintegrate because the ANC alliance partners, SACP and Cosatu, will never leave as they are also compromised by serving on the same government of national unity (GNU) they oppose.

Political analyst and emerging scholar at the North-West University Mahikeng campus, Dominic Maphaka, said South Africa should expect no drama in the ensuing feud because it was a seasonal brotherly fight that was going nowhere.

"The tensions are just a seasonal and short-lived development that faces each ANC president, dating back to Thabo Mbeki's tenure. You will recall that similar developments happened during the Mbeki and Jacob Zuma presidencies," Maphaka said.