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The process aims to shape the country’s next chapter of democracy, three decades after apartheid.
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa wants people to come together and talk.
He has launched a national dialogue process – billed as citizen-led – for South Africans from all walks of life to decide how to deal with challenges from crime and corruption to poverty and inequality.
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But critics say his party, the African National Congress (ANC), has had 30 years in power to do just that.
So, can a conference help to solve longstanding problems in the country?
Will the talks address the divisions in the ANC?
And what’s the next chapter for South African politics?
Presenter: Adrian Finighan
Guests:
Lindiwe Zulu – Member of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress
Imraan Buccus – Senior research associate at the Auwal Socio-Economic Research Institute
William Gumede – Associate professor at the University of the Witwatersrand’s School of Governance
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