TITLE:
Forecasting an Inevitable Coalition Government at the National Level in South Africa: A New Path to Public Administration and Governance
AUTHORS:
Eustache Tanzala Kikasu, Strinivasan Soondrasan Pillay
KEYWORDS:
Coalition Government, Policymaking, Electoral Responsiveness or Openness, Accountability, Public Administration and Governance, Services Delivery
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Political Science,
Vol.14 No.1,
January
19,
2024
ABSTRACT: Coalition administrations
frequently occur in democracies and under all election systems. One of the key
reasons that parties join coalition governments is to share power or to
advocate about policy change or policy reform. Additionally, a national
catastrophe can force political parties to form an alliance. This occurs
whenever there is a disagreement of some kind, a crisis involving the
constitution or the succession, or a dramatic upheaval in politics. As a
result, the parties decide to work together as a coalition and establish
official agreements to divide administrative authority or accountability. This
paper analyses the literature on coalition
governments and scenarios that foreshadow a coalition government in
South Africa’s upcoming 2024 elections. It suggests a framework that could
facilitate to form a coalition government that may lead to the best interests
of the country if no party wins the majority in the parliament.