ANC warns the GNU is not permanent if there is no consensus

By Akani Nkuna

African National Congress secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has warned that the Government of National Unity is not cast in stone, and that the agreement can collapse at any moment if consensus is lacking.

“GNU is not a strategic goal; it is a tactical manoeuvre. And anything in it can happen and we are clear in the theory and our politics that this thing can end [but the ANC] will not,” he said.

Mbalula led a march in Tshwane on Friday, reaffirming his party’s commitment to tackling community issues, championing social justice and economic equality, and enhancing service delivery particularly to communities on the outskirts of the metro.

He said the ANC was committed to listening South Africans and driving the transformation agenda.

Mbalula told the thousands of people, who marched from Marabastad to Tshwane House, that the GNU was not an ideal situation, but one which was presented