By Alicia Mmashakana
The Government of National Unity (GNU) has performed dismally in its first year, with ActionSA scoring it four in its report card.
ActionSA parliamentary leader Athol Trollip said on Tuesday that the party had decided not to join the GNU in 2024 because it was worried that it would be an extension of the ANC’s style of governance without significant reform.
“We made this decision because with regressive forces in the opposition benches of Parliament, who played key roles in robbing the state of hundreds of millions during the state capture era, along with the radical, violence-inducing rhetoric that was recently put on display for the whole world, we recognised that ActionSA’s most effective role in the 7th Parliament would be that of the constructive opposition,” Trollip said.
According to the party’s GNU performance tracker, which was built to hold the coalition accountable, the GNU scored Fs
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