By Simon Nare
Democratic Alliance leader John Steenhuisen claims that his ministers in the Government of National Unity are outshining their counterparts in other parties, and the DA is teaching the ANC to do more and faster.
Unveiling the party’s State of the National Address on Wednesday ahead of President Cyril Ramaphosa delivering the real SONA in the National Assembly on Thursday, Steenhuisen bragged about how his party was the stable anchor of the GNU.
Steenhuisen said the DA had scored some victories in the multi-party coalition government and had forced Ramaphosa to implement economic reforms which would be announced by the president during SONA.
He revealed that these included the removal of a clause in the National Health Insurance Act, which would have led to the termination of private medical aids. He said the clause has been removed from the government’s medium-term plan.
“We (DA) have also argued strongly
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