South Africa's Coalition Government Marks One Year of Fragile Progress

South Africa's Government of National Unity marked its first anniversary this week, with President Cyril Ramaphosa hailing 'unprecedented cooperation' between the ANC and Democratic Alliance. Load-shedding hours have fallen to a five-year low, the rand has strengthened 8% against the dollar, and foreign direct investment is up 22%. However, disagreements over expropriation-without-compensation legislation continue to test the coalition's cohesion.