By Simon Nare
President Cyril Ramaphosa has rebuked ministers and deputy ministers in the Government of National Unity (GNU) for claiming successes along party lines while blaming failures on the ANC, saying coalition partners must share both successes and failures.
Responding to the two-day debate on his State of the Nation Address (SONA) in a joint sitting of the National Assembly, where opposition parties criticised his speech and commitments, Ramaphosa said there were no political parties in Cabinet, which is appointed by the president to serve the country.
Ramaphosa said while members of the executive were free to campaign for their parties outside government, every minister and deputy minister was part of a collective bound to implement a common programme — the Medium-Term Development Plan.
“There are no ANC or DA or IFP or PA or UDM or GOOD or FF Plus or PAC or Al Jama-ah ministries. No minister
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