Imtiaz Sooliman – Govt of National Unity SA awaits Ramaphosa’s new cabinet

			South Africans are waiting with
eager anticipation to see the
		

			composition of President Cyril
Ramaphosa cabinet in his
		

			inauguration speech, the President
promised to put together a capable
		

			government tasked with creating
jobs and bridging the inequality
		

			gap. He has also warned that those
who are opposed to the government
		

			of national unity that South
Africans will not allow their
		

			dreams of a prosperous life to be
derailed. Dr Imtiaz Suleiman is
		

			founder of gift of the givers, and
he's done some tremendous work,
		

			both here, at home and abroad, and
all of this work has been to
		

			better people's lives. And he
joins us in studio this morning
		

			for his views on the coming five
years. Dr Suleman, what a pleasure
		

			to have you with us. Good morning.
Thank you very much. So your
		

			thoughts on the inauguration. You
were there in person yesterday,
		

			while many South Africans were
glued to their television sets,
		

			but you were there in person. Your
impressions, well, it was, it was
		

			a beautiful day for a start. The
weather was in favor, and I liked
		

			what the President said, you know,
in the beginning, spoke about the
		

			challenges we had. The voters were
unhappy. He was very honest about,
		

			you know, the performance of the
ANC and the people send the
		

			message. They're not happy about
what was going on. So I was very
		

			happy. He mentioned all the
negative things. In other words,
		

			the challenges, they're not
necessarily negative, but the
		

			challenges and what we need to
fix. Then he said, I was very
		

			happy that he spoke about the
country working collectively
		

			together in the interest of the
people. He spoke about Africa and
		

			enhancing itself. But here's the
problem, you know, where, when he
		

			says that we are working with all
political parties to act in the
		

			interest of the country, now
that's a big challenge, because
		

			25%
		

			of the electorate has been left
out. There is no EFF and no MK in
		

			the government of national unity.
So to me, that's not a government
		

			of national unity. It's a
government of selective unity.
		

			Could you not say, though, that it
is not the ANC s fault? They say
		

			that they have spoken with all of
the parties. It's the FF, it's the
		

			MKP that does not want to join.