South Africa’s new government brings Black and White together. It’s also reviving racial tensions

By Gerald ImrayThe Associated PressCAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — In a country where racial segregation was once brutally enforced, South Africa’s new coalition government has brought a Black president and a White opposition leader together in an image of unity.In this photo provided by the South African Government Communication and Information System (GCIS), South African Président Cyril Ramaphosa, right, greets opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) leader, John Steenhuisen, left, at the first sitting of Parliament since elections, in Cape Town, South Africa, June 14, 2024. In a country where racial segregation was once brutally enforced, South Africa’s new coalition government has brought a Black president and a white opposition leader together in what is on the face of it a picture of unity. (South African GCIS via AP)Yet the power-sharing agreement sealed a week ago between President Cyril Ramaphosa’s African National Congress party and the Democratic Alliance, one of South Africa’s few White-led parties, has unwittingly renewed some racial rifts.Many Black South Africans have expressed discomfort with a White-led party being back in power, even in a coalition. The country is haunted by the apartheid system of White minority rule that ended 30 years ago but is still felt by...