Recent developments have put the future of South Africa’s Government of National Unity (GNU) in question. President Cyril Ramaphosa’s sacking of Andrew Whitfield as deputy minister of trade, industry and competition on Thursday, June 26, without providing reasons, has prompted an angry response from the Democratic Alliance (DA), the second-largest party in the GNU. DA leader John Steenhuisen described it as a “calculated assault on the governing coalition” and gave Mr Ramaphosa a 48-hour ultimatum to reverse course.
Please join us on Monday, June 30, for a live webinar where we discuss these developments and their impact on a one-year-old GNU.
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Speakers
Francois Conradie
François Conradie is a Lead Political Economist at OE Africa. He studied a BA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics at the University of Stellenbosch, and holds an MPhil in Futures Studies from the same university. He began his career in marketing, then spent three years in financial services in Tunisia and Morocco. He started doing analysis for OE Africa in August 2011 and was Head of Research from 2016 to 2019. In his current role he pilots research on political risk in Africa, while covering politics in North and West Africa and economics in Morocco.
Lead Political Economist, OE Africa
Louw Nel
Louw is the senior political analyst at Oxford Economics Africa. He joined the company in 2020 after five years with South Africa’s official opposition party, serving as its operations director at Parliament. He has an obsessive relationship with African politics and covers South Africa and several other countries.
Senior Political Analyst, OE Africa
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