Could this be the dawn of a new political party in South Africa to rival the ruling ANC and DA? It is rumoured that a breakaway ANC party may be formed in the aftermath of Thabo Mbeki being recalled from his position as President of South Africa by the ruling ANC party. Sacking Mbeki as president was not met well by many, including quite a number from the ANC including ministers in the South Africa government that Mbeki had appointed.

It is going to be interesting to see if there is any truth in this speculation. What will be even more interesting is to see who will be part of this new party. One can assume there will be some ‘big names’ in the party as they will try to take over power from the ANC. It is also suggested that there could be some leading business people who are willing to fund this new party. Will Thabo Mbeki be part of this new party, if so in what capacity? Surely he can not be the leader of this new party. I do not think he will be interested in leading a party again and may just assume a ‘godfather’ role and provide leadership and guidance to this new party.

How will the ANC themselves react to the formation of a new party which is most likely to be formed by its own members? In any political party there will be some divisions. It really is just a matter of how huge these divisions are. By the look of things, it seems as if the division in the ANC is rather large. Large enough for a new party to be formed?