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South Africa’s DA reaches agreement on unity government according to leader

  • June 14, 2024



South Africa’s DA reaches agreement on unity government according to leader

it is my privilege to report to you that after two weeks of thorough negotiations that only concluded after today’s sitting of parliament had already started the DA has reached agreement on the statement of intent for the formation of a government of national Unity the government of national unity’s presidential candidate will come from the largest party inside the grouping being president sirel Raposa following his election today president Raposa will then exercise his prerogative to appoint his new cabinet from among the members of the government of national unity in consultation with the leaders of the constituent parties

South Africa’s Democratic Alliance (DA) has reached an agreement on joining a government of national unity with the African National Congress after two weeks of negotiations, DA leader John Steenhuisen has said.
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Once unthinkable, the deal between two sharply antagonistic parties is the most momentous political shift in South Africa since Nelson Mandela led the ANC to victory in the 1994 elections that marked the end of apartheid. The ANC lost its majority for the first time in an election on 29 May and has spent two weeks locked in intensive behind-the-scenes talks with other parties, which came down to the wire on Friday morning as the new parliament was convening

ANC strikes coalition deal with free-market DA, South Africa media reports ► https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/14/south-africa-anc-pushing-coalition-government-before-election-president

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25 comments

  11. Last week I was in A
    SA, and DA leader said that they wouldn't form a government with ANC as long Ramaphosa was the president, today he changed his story. Never believe a politician, they are all the same.

  17. We need to move forward and look beyond race. Big up to Helen Zille and the DA – never thought I would say this – for showing courage and putting the interest of the county first. Well done Helen and the DA. Congratulations as well – to the other parties involved in the GNU. The ANC has betrayed the trust that black South Africans placed on it – for the thirty years they were given the opportunity of governing the country. It is all documented. There are more failures than successes. We supported the ANC thru and thru – and what did we get? A rhetorical question. . Hopefully with the DA and other GNU partners being part of the GNU – they would be able to keep the ANC on the straight and narrow. We need to rebuild the country.

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