Johnathan Paoli
Democratic Alliance (DA) federal council chairperson Helen Zille has maintained the party’s opposition to the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) act.
“The Bela bill is non-negotiable for us, the right to school governing bodies to determine the language policy at schools is a redline and the ANC has been aware of that from day one,” she said.
In an interview on Monday, a day after President Cyril Ramaphosa appointed a DA candidate – Siviwe Grarube as Basic Education Minister to his Cabinet – Zille said the party would maintain its stance on BELA Bill.
Zille also said the DA was not aware of the extension of the Cabinet and only heard about it for the first time when Ramaphosa broadcasted it on SABC on Sunday night.
“We didn’t know that the President was going to increase the Cabinet so substantially and give the ANC so much more than
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