The Democratic Alliance has threatened to walk out of the government of national unity should President Cyril Ramaphosa go ahead and sign the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill into law.
The President is set to sign the Bill which aims to strengthen governance within South Africa’s education sector on Friday. DA leader John Steenhuisen says the Bill has constitutional implications for the right to mother-tongue education, amongst other issues. He has vowed to meet with the President before the planned signing ceremony on Friday.DA Leader John Steenhuisen has moved urgently to meet President Ramaphosa to re-iterate the DA’s objections to the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill in its current form.
But the DA says if the President proceeds with the signing of the Bill, despite its strong objections, he will be violating both the letter and spirit of the joint Statement of Intent that form the basis of the current GNU arrangement. Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies.