Buyelwa Sonjica: GNU impasse, Thabo Mbeki, Jacob Zuma, Obama, Zille, Climate Change, ANC Succession

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Become a YouTube Member of SMWX: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk_qa4ssROH8aUDbgQXE5dA/join Former Minister Buyelwa Sonjica explores the shifting political landscape in South Africa—from bold critiques of Helen Zille’s leadership in the Democratic Alliance to the possibility of ushering in the nation’s first woman president. Minister Sonjica offers candid reflections on pivotal moments, including the “technical coup” at Polokwane that she believes led to a major leadership change and the intense atmosphere that nearly brought the country to the brink. She also recounts how President Thabo Mbeki famously refused to let blood spill under his name, underscoring the gravity of internal tensions at the time. Visit the SMWX store for merch and books: https://smwx.store Cape Town Jazz Festival Tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.co.za/venue/cticc-cape-town-tickets/cticc/107 CONTACT: ✉️: [email protected] 📞WhatsApp Line: 082 891 4935 Visit my website: sizwempofuwalsh.com _______ Credits: Director and DOP: Nomaan Haarzavi for Narr8 Studio Second Camera Operator: Faizan Haq for Narr8 Studio Producer: Oratile Kekana Curiocity Hotels: https://curiocity.africa/ Pace Car Rental: https://www.pacecarrental.co.za/ 00:00:00 | Intro 00:00:32 | Guest welcome 00:01:55 | Recruited into the Struggle 00:05:04 | From Black Consciousness to ANC 00:06:13 | Fighting Poverty to Degrees 00:09:20 | Stories from Generations Past 00:12:34 | 1980s: Funerals, Fear, and Resistance 00:14:31 | Political Transition 00:17:01 | Rise to Parliament and Power 00:18:37 | Inside the First Democratic Parliament 00:22:39 | Minister of Water, Energy, Environment 00:26:22 | South Africa’s Water Crisis 00:29:53 | Thabo Mbeki 00:33:34 | Polokwane 00:35:36 | Mbeki’s Final Cabinet 00:38:01 | Zuma Years 00:40:45 | COP Summit With Obama 00:44:05 | Trump’s Tariffs and South Africa’s Sovereignty 00:48:42 | ANC-DA Coalition Debated 00:52:12 | Helen Zille 00:53:46 | Who Should Lead the ANC? 00:55:25 | Time for a Woman President 00:57:18 | Farewell and Family Reflections