Simon Nare
THE “government of national unity” between the ANC and the DA got off to a rocky start after conflicting interpretation of the Letter of Intent, signed between the two parties – was blown out in the open over the inclusion of the PA.
As President Cyril Ramaphosa was being inaugurated at the Union Building in Tshwane on Wednesday, tensions between the two dominating parties in the multi-party coalition agreement are simmering behind the scenes with the DA accusing the ANC of exclusion on a decision to include the PA in the GNU.
The chasm emerged when on Tuesday the DA Federal Council Chairman Helen Zille accused ANC’s Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula of misunderstanding the rules of engagement on the coalition agreement in a television interview.
An emboldened Zille said she has written to Mbaulula and pointed out that there has been no consultation with other parties about Gayton MacKenzie’s
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