DA leader John Steenhuisen says coalition agreements are an 'early Christmas present to South Africans'.
DA leader John Steenhuisen says coalition agreements are an 'early Christmas present to South Africans'DA leader John Steenhuisen has welcomed the decision by the high court in Pretoria, ordering former president Jacob Zuma toJudge Elias Matojane ruled that Zuma's September release was unlawful, setting aside the decision to grant Zuma medical parole. “It's never nice to gloat over somebody going to jail, and that wasn't the point of the litigation.
He said the party had gone to court to have the medical parole decision overturned because “we felt at that time that this was a terrible precedent and that again, medical parole was being abused in South Africa to help a connected ANC cadre out of the trouble they were in”. Steenhuisen also spoke to incoming Johannesburg mayor Mpho Phalatse and Gauteng leader Solly Msimanga, who expressed excitement about the conclusion of coalition agreements in Gauteng municipalities.
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