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.