# Colin Coleman unpacks: SA's economy, Phala Phala, 2026 Election, ANC, GNU, Ramaphosa, Mashatile

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Podcast: [SMWX](https://stenobird.com/podcast/smwx-1002019)
Published: 2026-08-01T06:53:02+00:00
Episode link: https://smwx.podbean.com/e/colin-coleman-unpacks-sas-economy-phala-phala-2026-election-anc-gnu-ramaphosa-mashatile/
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Duration seconds: 1741

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Former Goldman Sachs executive and leading economist Colin Coleman returns to SMWX for a wide-ranging discussion on South Africa's political and economic future. He unpacks the country's weak economic outlook, the fallout from the Constitutional Court's Phala Phala judgment, the growing impact of the Madlanga Commission, and why he believes the ANC could lose most of the country's metros in the upcoming local government elections.

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