DA federal chairperson Helen Zille has conceded that South Africa is not governed by a GNU, as the agreement excludes the EFF and MK Party.
no party achieved an outright majoritywhich he thought would be a better way of selling the concept of a coalition to the African National Congress .“Of course this is not a Government of National Unity, because a GNU brings all parties together which would have had to include the EFF and MK Party which it did not. It still gave the president the fig leaf he needed to the include all the smaller parties to say he isn’t in a coalition with the DA.
“Now, the truth is we are actually in a coalition because a coalition means that if a partner withdraws from the coalition the government falls,” Zille said.Cyril Ramaphosa came up with the government of national unity , to sell the coalition to the ANC, however, President Cyril Ramaphosa gave the DA the Department of Education, Home Affairs, Communications and Digital Technologies, Agriculture and Public Works.
rejected and labelled the GNU as a grand coalition between the DA and ANC. They also accused the ANC of selling out. “It is common knowledge that the foundational document which constituted the GNU was signed by Helen Zille and Fikile Mbalula to, which the EFF said must include the Freedom Charter, Progressive Internationalism, and a commitment to redress our colonial and apartheid past,” the EFF said.WEATHER: Strong winds expected these parts of KwaZulu-Natal
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