“Smaller acts of sabotage” by Zuma’s MK Party can’t be ruled out - Langelihle Malimela, S&P Global Risk

As President Cyril Ramaphosa’s new cabinet finds its feet, the question now is how it will navigate power-sharing dynamics after losing its parliamentary majority. Langelihle Malimela from S&P Global Risk told Biznews that he thinks President Ramaphosa is going to get “a lot of support” from opposition political parties for his economic policies. “It is an outcome,” he said, “that probably plays into Ramaphosa’s hands from a policy point of view.” However, Malimela warned that the Umkhonto we Sizwe party (MKP) of Jacob Zuma poses a risk to the new Government of National Unity (GNU). He pointed out that the slim majority in KwaZulu-Natal means any disruptions at the provincial level could have national repercussions. Malimela also does not rule out targeted acts of sabotage by the MKP, “intended to cause disruption, intended to send a message, put strangleholds on the economy, shutting down main arteries, disrupting port activity, even communications capabilities.”