[FRIAM] Democracy at work

[Pieter Steenekamp]

We recently had a general election here in South Africa, and I am extremely
proud to be South African given the current developments. The ANC, which
has been in power since the first democratic election in 1994, lost their
absolute majority, with their percentage share of the vote decreasing from
around 58% to 40%.

What makes me proud is the dignified manner in which they are handling this
significant loss. They negotiated an agreement with the second-largest
party to form a Government of National Unity and are currently working with
various smaller political parties to share power based on a formula that
considers the relative share of votes. The extremist left-wing parties are
rejecting this and will form the opposition.

While many things could still go wrong, it currently appears that this is
how democracy is meant to function.
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