By Simon Nare
Deputy President Paul Mashatile convened the Government of National Unity’s first Clearing House Mechanism committee meeting on Wednesday night to thrash out ways to deal with any conflict or policy disagreements that may crop up.
The committee was established by President Cyril Ramaphosa last month in anticipation of any clashes that might threaten the GNU given that the 10 political parties in the multi-party coalition are from different political ideologies.
There have already been some disagreements around the Basic Education Law Amendment Bill that has seen influential GNU player, the DA, threatening legal action if some clauses of the Bill are signed into law.
Ramaphosa bent over backwards when he signed the Bill as he iced clauses that were contentious.
He gave GNU parties three months to find common ground and if not, he has vowed to sign the remaining clauses into law.
The Presidency said in
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