South Africa: A Centrist Political Alliance in South Africa? Yes, but Hard to Get

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Is there the possibility that political centrists in South Africa's governing party, the African National Congress (ANC), and its main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), could merge?

The question arises because there could be merit in the ANC under President Cyril Ramaphosa shedding elements obstructive to economic reform, while the DA under Mmusi Maimane could free itself from the baleful influence of an alleged old guard of whites seeking to impose an inappropriate version of liberalism upon a party attempting to widen its appeal to black South Africans.

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