Simon Nare
Despite what it described as outlandish and ridiculous demands by the DA for Cabinet positions, the ANC has reached out and offered the DA six Cabinet and seven deputy minister positions as part of the deal in the multi-party coalition agreement.
In a letter responding to DA demands, ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula tells DA leader John Steenhuisen that the appointment of Cabinet positions by President Cyril Ramaphosa as enjoined by the Constitution, should be in the national interest.
Mbalula points out that Steenhuisen in the DA letter of demand, had suggested that parties would be allocated positions in the National Assembly according to the seats they secured. This, Mbalula argued, would make them accountable to themselves and not the National Assembly as it should be the case.
“It I clear to us that, subsequently, a different of understanding has arisen between our two parties regarding the interpretation of
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