Opposition Coalition Takes Shape Ahead of South African Election
- Democratic Alliance has won rival support for ‘moonshot pact’
- Ruling party faces toughest challenge yet amid energy crisis
John Steenhuisen, leader of the Democratic Alliance.
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An opposition coalition that aims to end the South African ruling party’s three-decade hold on power is taking shape ahead of national elections next year.
The Democratic Alliance, the second-biggest party, has received positive responses from about nine smaller rivals to an invitation to join its so-called “moonshot pact” to unseat the African National Congress, and two rounds of talks have been held, DA leader John Steenhuisen said in an interview in Bloomberg’s Johannesburg offices on Monday.