By Simon Nare
President Cyril Ramaphosa has defended the government of national unity (GNU), describing it as a united front that is bound together by a commitment to better the lives of South Africans. This was despite the parties coming from different ideological backgrounds.
Ramaphosa, who was answering questions in the National Council of Provinces, scoffed at suggestions that the GNU was a “Ramaphosa and DA” alliance other than a multi-party government represented by 10 parties.
The president said during oral replies on Thursday that those who were peddling such information were very wrong, and lambasted DA Federal Council chairperson Helen Zille’s statements on the GNU as irresponsible.
This was after a house delegate put it to Ramaphosa that Zille was on record saying that the government would not implement any policy that did not enjoy DA support or was endorsed by the party.
“It is not a government that
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