SA needs the thin blue line

The government of national unity (GNU) is a political paradox. The party that values it the least, the ANC, objectively needs it most.

- William Saunderson-Meyer

The government of national unity (GNU) is a political paradox. The party that values it the least, the ANC, objectively needs it most. Whereas the DA, the party that is emotionally most committed, on balance, needs it least.

The GNU has been a chastening experience for the DA. It's been manipulated, abused and betrayed. Were the DA now to leave, the ripple effects on South Africa Inc would be serious.

For the DA itself, however, it would be just a reversion to the status quo, that of being the official opposition.

That's a job critical to the survival of any democracy, one at which the DA excelled and, in contrast, its MK successor has failed abysmally.

In contrast, the ANC is much weakened if a DA is not its leading partner.