Dr. Alain Borsak, a priest and political activist, described the Government of National Unity (GNU) as a monster.
Boesak was reacting to the newly announced cabinet, in which the Democratic Alliance (DA) holds six key ministries and deputy ministerial posts in several ministries.
Smaller parties also made it into the cabinet.
There will likely be no change to the living conditions of South Africans, he says.
“A year ago I told people I didn't think we could ever rally together something like the UDF again,” Borsak said. “The UDF is not something that can be repeated. Things have changed. But that young comedian Konrad Koch was right when he said, 'For white people, the new South Africa is apartheid without the guilt.' To the extent that he is right, and I think he is, people are beginning to realise that this is a new apartheid situation.”
Boesak says churches and civil society organisations have a role to play in ensuring that any government in South Africa works for the people.
He said: “The real problems are the racists we have to deal with, the fact that we have created a new apartheid state that is continuing and entrenched, the social cohesion that we lack, unemployment and socio-economic inequality that cannot be overcome by the economic policies that have been adopted by both parties.”
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