By seizing this historic moment, we can put SA on vastly improved trajectory

South Africa is on tenterhooks about the shape a new administration will take, as post-election coalition talks gather steam.

The ANC's national executive committee (NEC) was still busy with its special meeting on Thursday evening, after the leadership engaged with political parties to plot the way forward after losing its majority in the May 29 elections.

The stability of a future government is a key priority, and Investec Group CEO Fani Titi has called on South Africans to support the transition to a new chapter in our democracy.

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Titi makes the call in an opinion piece titled Let’s embrace stability so we can prosper, co-authored with Cumesh Moodliar, CEO of Investec SA.

As business leaders, they write, they feel compelled to articulate a rational response to the present situation and call on South Africans 'to converge around the principles of stability and prosperity'.

"We may disagree on matters of politics... but there are certain precepts that anyone who genuinely cares about our nation and its people should readily accept: respect for the rule of law and the independence of the judiciary; and the need for sound economic and fiscal policies."

Fani Titi, CEO - Investec Group

In conversation with Bruce Whitfield, Titi lauds the ANC for its handling of the pending transition, as well as other political parties.

"We're encouraged by the maturity with which the main parties have handled themselves, the ones we would expect to hold the country forward."

"There's that saying, the centre must hold if there is to be good progress that uplifts all citizens of the country."

Fani Titi, CEO - Investec Group

The nation has said to these parties that they have to find common ground, notes Titli.

The first order of business then would be to agree on the most fundamental principles that bind us all, he adds.

By seizing this historic moment, we can put SA on vastly improved trajectory - Fani Titi

The Investec Group CEO on what the future could, and should hold for South Africa.