On Tuesday, Jacob Zuma’s uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party confirmed that it had filed papers with the Constitutional Court to interdict Friday’s swearing-in ceremony of new members of the National Assembly. This is unfortunate.
The party alleges that it was cheated of votes across the country and is demanding a recount. This has the potential to scuttle plans for the formation of governments at national and provincial levels.
In KwaZulu-Natal, where the MK party scored an impressive 45% of the total votes, the breakaway party is likely to form a new provincial government. This is a huge responsibility.
The ANC, which has governed the province for the past 25 years, has run it down. Infrastructure and public services have collapsed thanks to its mismanagement. Durban’s beaches, previously the bedrock of its tourism, are unusable.
The province’s economy is on its knees, with its two ports in Richards Bay and Durban facing severe congestion. These ports serve as crucial gateways for our exports and imports. Commodity producers have lost billions of rand because of Transnet’s inefficiencies. Fixing Transnet is the responsibility of both the government and the private sector. Thankfully, business has offered a helping hand in the past year. Still, the government, which doesn’t trust the private sector, has a major role to play.
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