By Simon Nare
The first meeting of the Government of National Unity’s Clearing House Mechanism committee for conflict resolution barely made any significant headway on Wednesday night.
The meeting convened by Deputy President Paul Mashatile was supposed to have thrashed out ways to deal with differences in the multi-party coalition, but instead it was reduced to party’s making representations, Inside Politics has learnt.
The party representatives only made representations pertaining to the committee’s terms of reference. The meeting was adjourned, and another is planned for in coming weeks
It did not last for more than an hour.
But in a statement on Thursday morning, The Presidency said the meeting got off to a good start without giving details.
It only revealed that the meeting was attended by Minister Maropene Ramakgopa and ANC Chief Whip Mdumiseni Ntuli, Minister Dean Mcpherson from the Democratic Alliance, Deputy Minister Mkhuleko Hlengwa from Inkatha Freedom
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