Despite being part of the GNU, the DA is still opposed to the BELA Bill and says it will take the matter to the Constitutional Court.
The Democratic Alliance says it will not exit the Government of National Unity over the signing of the
“The president knew how we and other parties feel about this and he decided to carry on irrespective of our feelings. So, it is the ANC that is being a threat to the GNU. We must protect this GNU at all cost and the DA will look at all the available options should this be signed into law. We will take the matter to the Constitutional Court,” he emphasised.Bill into law by President Cyril Ramaphosa, even though it is against it.
Panyaza Lesufi has raised the stakes, and we are about to see whether President Cyril Ramaphosa is the ANC or DA President:“The BELA Bill MUST be supported! It’s actually disheartening that even 30 yrs later, our democracy still mirrors apartheid-era structures. We now have language, spatial planning and money as exclusionary tools instead of race….but the ultimate result is mainly racial exclusion!!” she wrote on X.
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