SA’s opposition has spent decades perfecting the art of resistance and almost no time mastering the discipline of understanding. The result is an opposition culture that speaks loudly, argues endlessly, and yet struggles to persuade the very majority it seeks to govern. What if the problem is not messaging, leadership, or resources but posture?
Opposition politics in SA has been built on the assumption that exposing the ANC’s failures is enough. That logic is comforting, but it is flawed. Whether we like it or not, the ANC voter still constitutes the emotional and historical majority of this country.
This creates resistance, not persuasion; it hardens loyalties. The ANC is not merely an electoral machine; it is a political home, a liberation memory, a moral reference point, and a social network. Its alliance partners, funding structures, international relationships, and internal cultures all contribute to how it sustains legitimacy even amid evident failure.
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Until the opposition studies the psyche of the majority, not with contempt, but with curiosity, it will remain trapped in permanent opposition mode. — Thulani Dasa, Khayelitsha
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