Evaluating the Sustainability of the Government of National Unity (GNU): Case of Seventh Democratic Administration in South Africa

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Page: 307-310

Engeline Zwane (Master of Public Administration and Management, University of Limpopo, South Africa)

This paper is a build-up to the investigation of the sustainability GNU, which will be the initial one to be established in South Africa in the experience of democracy. South Africa gained its democracy in the past thirty years. South Africa was under the apartheid government for as long as until 1984, in its exit to democracy there was a bit of Government of National Unity since the apartheid regime did not exit immediately as it was supposed to hand over to the democratic government. The typology of the Government of National Unity and Government of Coalition is very complex and mostly misunderstood in the academic community and public sector. The complexity of this understanding also builds up to the fact that the very same academics as well as the public administration are being build up by the politicians too. However, there seems to be a gap in theory and research that seeks to offer a mechanism to define and measure the differences between GNU and Coalition. Principal agencies and public value theories as an addition to the GNU and Coalition theoretical foundation were adopted to clarify improvement in such. This qualitative study meticulously examines scholarly journals, books reports, policies, and government programmes. The findings are that SA has been found as not the first country that will be in GNU and must try the notion to make it work. The study concludes that there is an urgency in the building as well as tolerating GNU to realise service delivery. Afterward, the study influences the successful policy making to improve service delivery through advanced ways to uphold public responsibility.