Parties’ no-go areas are rapidly shifting as the deadline to constitute a government looms
Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email.Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email.Crucial talks: ANC national executive committee members at a meeting in Johannesburg on Thursday to thrash out the way forward.
A number of prominent ANC figures, including Zweli Mkhize and Lindiwe Sisulu, have penned articles calling on the party to resist a relationship with the He said that the ANC had resolved to look at different models for governing, rather than looking at certain parties. “Talks about talks continue and we are now moving to a stage, having received a mandate from the NEC, to hold hard negotiations where we look at the options, including the technicalities.
The problem for the DA is that the MK party’s 44.35% vote share in KwaZulu-Natal precludes any exclusive pact between itself, the IFP and the ANC. A bigger coalition is needed and the EFF, with its 9.52% of votes, brings the numbers. Another dilemma for the DA, and this is one it was mulling even before votes were cast, remains whether to accept cabinet seats as a minority partner in a coalition or opt for a so-called confidence-and-supply agreement, which would see it hold key positions in parliament.
Another senior ANC source said the danger of giving other parties control of the National Assembly chair and committees was that, with reduced numbers, its leaders were also left open to embarrassment from the floor.The Red Berets did not hesitate to reiterate their stance — demanding the position of finance minister for party deputy president Floyd Shivambu, and the speaker position, sources close to the negotiations have said.
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