The Democratic Alliance leader John Steenhuisen says it is important to note that partners in the Government of National Unity will have several disagreements but it won’t necessarily mean the end of the GNU.Referring to the DA’s opposition to the Basic Education Laws Amendment bill, h
Steenhuisen says, “You can’t expect all parties to agree all the time, don’t catastrophise. If the GNU cannot ensure growth and create jobs then there is no point in being a part of it. The deal is if the ANC continues to the country down the path of economic ruin it would be our patriotic duty to leave the government and use our position in Parliament, our 22% to stop the slide into catastrophe.”
He says, “I and my party are not going to allow anything to get in the way of ensuring that growth goes up and unemployment goes down. If that means causing a bit of distress within the GNU, well, so be it, the people of South Africa and their interests are far more important than the feelings of politicians and right now we do not have a grip on the economic situation, the urgency that it requires.
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