Election Update: Will the GNU survive?

I'm so interested to hear Tara's view on this. Whither Cyril Ramaphosa, what happens with our beloved president? Because where does he go from here? I almost feel like staying on hurts him more than resigning, but he can't resign now. What was the point of the question? I know. That's the crazy thing. Like, the window for resignation is gone, but staying on is so painful. Like, I'm

Honestly, trying to think what happens with. What if he stays on as ANC president but not the president of the country? Maybe, maybe. Because, like, I just, what does Cyril do? I'm so interested to hear what you think of this, Tara, because you've done a lot of accurate predictions on the Ramaphosa presidency. Bear in mind as well. The review. We're still waiting for the review. We're still waiting for that. So the impeachment thing is far from over. Even if he wins that review, it's going to go to the concourse. So that's a whole saga that he doesn't need right now. He's now taken the ANC down to the low.

With 30s. And he doesn't have that public power anymore. But you can't resign before a conference now, because, like, what's the point? Just wait to the conference. So, a few things are at play here. Firstly, Cyril has halved, ANC National Sport halved, cut it in half, which I don't think anyone expects. Like 2019, guys, Ramaphoria was real. Searle, the era of renewal, everyone is buying into that in 2019, and so I feel like.

The fact that we are here in 2026 is like astounding, but someone's headed has to roll. If it's not Cyril, it's some bucks. What about those that say that in 2019 and 2021, it was more about the legacy of state capture, like he always says. So I agree, is that sometimes I do think that we cut Cyril a bad deal. In that, guys, we are living in the consequences of Jacob Zuma's economy. And I don't think we can ever forget that. Like, has Cyril made some bad electoral decisions, political decisions? Absolutely. But we do have to take into account the fact that, like, firstly, we're in the middle of.

War, an oil war in the Middle East. We are living in the aftermath of safe capture, and our economy is not growing. Like, how do you expect youth unemployment and unemployment to decrease when we're growing at 0.2%? We should be growing at 5% of GDP. So, I think we need to take that into account. And the legacy of Zuma is real, but that doesn't discount the fact that Cyril is now the face of the ANC and Cyril takes the blame. And he has made some very poor political decisions, and I think it has come back to bite him. But if Cyril's head does.

hasn't rolled than it's going to be for Kilas. Because someone needs to answer for the fact that, guys, the ANC has no PR seats in Mangaung. Not a single PR seat in Mangohoon. Look at the devastation in Eastern Cape. Look what's happened to them in KZN. They are now only the biggest party in one of the eight metros and they don't even have a majority. So does he stay or does he go? I don't know. I think, look, the conference is next year in December. And I think there's even an argument to be made that.