One year after the formation of South Africa’s Government of National Unity (GNU), ActionSA has released a blistering assessment of its performance, warning that the coalition is failing to deliver on its mandate.

The party, which holds six seats in Parliament, graded the GNU with four “F” scores across critical categories—ethical leadership, economic growth, service delivery, and law and order—raising serious concerns about the government’s direction and effectiveness.

But the over score it had to the government was E – Very Poor Performance.

In its report, ActionSA accused the coalition of lacking vision, coherent policy strategy, and meaningful reform.

The party described the GNU as adrift, saying it had yet to demonstrate the leadership required to tackle South Africa’s deepening socio-economic crises.

Parliamentary leader, Athol Trollip, said the GNU has failed to deliver meaningful reform.

“The consequence of this failure is a country caught in the grip of stagnation and regression, rather than progress, growth, and measurable improvement. “While isolated pockets of improvement may be cited in certain areas, they have yielded little to no tangible impact on the prevailing socio-economic conditions in South Africa,” Trollip said.

ActionSA reiterated that the GNU has not moved the needle in bettering the lives of struggling citizens.

However, ActionSA has blasted the lack of a formal coalition agreement, citing a growing leadership void and policy stagnation as it marks one year after the signing of the political declaration that created the GNU.

The party’s national chairperson Michael Beaumont pointed to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s unmet pledge to call a policy lekgotla and denounced what he described as a lack of political will.

The GNU has been weakened from the beginning by the absence of strategic direction, Beaumont stated.

This is after he engaged young South Africans in the streets of the inner city of Johannesburg about their perceptions of change in the country under the GNU.

“To put it mildly, young South Africans are giving the GNU a thumbs down,” he said.

Parties like the MK Party and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) have also criticised the unity government, saying it was against the poor especially because the DA is part of it.

kamogelo.moichela@iol.co.za

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