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Former EFF MP Fana Mokoena has poured cold water on the multiparty charter for South Africa's (formerly moonshot pact) ambitions to topple the ANC and keep the EFF out of a possible national opposition coalition government.

The seven parties which started talks over power sharing in Kempton Park on Thursday signed an agreement that will guide their approach to the looming general polls.

The Democratic Alliances refusal to engage with the Patriotic Alliance was outmanoeuvred by its partners who seemingly preferred to increase their chances to oust the ANC in 2024 by inviting as many like-minded parties as possible to join in the pre-elections project.

Despite the jostling and heated arguments, the parties managed to make significant progress by agreeing that there was a need for a coalition of opposition parties to try to topple the ANC and keep the EFF out of the Union Buildings.

The first day of the multiparty charter for South Africa national convention was characterised by disagreements, compromises and heated debates.

ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba has hailed political parties in the “multiparty charter for South Africa” for putting their differences aside and finding ways to oust the ANC.

As opposition parties gather to discuss the DA’s moonshot pact, aimed at toppling the ANC through a coalition government after the 2024 election, the Independent South African National Civic Organisation (Isanco) has entered the fray and is determined to take voters from the ruling party.

Politicians are used to hurling insults, name calling and airing each other’s dirty laundry, but this time they were forced to dig deep and face one another because they want to build a coalition that will unseat the ANC.

The formation of what seems to be a solid multiparty coalition structure by opposition parties ahead of next year's national elections is being seen by some as a threat to the ANC.

The goal of the seven parties that will be gathering in Kempton Park on Wednesday and Thursday is to remove the African National Congress (ANC) from national government for the first time in post-apartheid South Africa.