ANC and DA remain committed to GNU

By Simon Nare

African National Congress secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has ruled out any possibility of the ANC booting out political parties in the Government of National Unity over the budget impasse.

It will instead engage all parties to find a common ground.

Speaking to journalists after the meeting of the party’s national working committee, Mbalula committed the party to the GNU and said the NWC had mandated the negotiating teams to engage all political parties, including those who were not in the GNU.

He said the ANC had not resolved to expel GNU senior partner, the Democratic Alliance, after it voted against the budget last week.

Speculation has been rife that the DA’s days in the coalition government are numbered after President Cyril Ramaphosa said in a leaked voice note that the party had defined itself outside the GNU by opposing the budget that its ministers would be expected to