South Africa’s African National Congress (ANC) and the Democratic Alliance (DA), have reached a deal to form a government of national unity (GNU), the SABC reported on Friday.
The GNU will also include the Patriotic Alliance (PA) and Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) while the DA will get the post of deputy speaker of the National Assembly, according to the report.
According to Xinhua, citing the Sunday Times, the current South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa, will be elected with the support of the DA on Friday afternoon.
The parties reportedly struck a deal shortly after 10 AM today, during the first sitting of the National Assembly.
The DA will support Ramaphosa’s election as president, with Agriculture Minister Thoko Didiza as speaker, and the ANC will support the election of a DA deputy speaker.
The DA’s deputy chief whip, Annelie Lotriet, is reportedly set to be elected deputy speaker of the National Assembly, while the ANC’s Mdumiseni Ntuli is touted as the incoming chief whip.
The first sitting of the National Assembly is being held this Friday to elect the speaker, deputy speaker and president for the next five years.
In the 29 May elections, the ANC secured 159 out of 400 seats in the National Assembly, forcing the party to seek partners to form a GNU.
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Njabulo at libertyatliberty · 9 months ago
##South Africa has just been recolonised.Article (comment,in summary) by Njabulo email libertyatatliberty at gmail dot com. Neo-colonialism has just taken place in South Africa. The Boers have recolonised SA.All the lives lost fighting to remove them from power were lost for nothing.Madiba must be turning in his grave.The new renaissance evinsaged by Madiba is no longer going to be seen.Madiba ,OT ,Chris Honey and others all suffered for nothing.The Soweto uprising marks no significance in African history now.What a big shame.
LAND QUESTION IN SA.
There will no longer be any progress in taking the land back in SA.The Boers will now make laws that will make that difficult to happen.Cyril has been installed in that position with the support of the Boers so as to be used stop the other African countries from complaining.What was fought for ,”COLLECTIVELY “ by our African forebearers and/or African countries has all amounted to nothing.What a big shame. Oh “CRY THE BELOVED MOTHERLAND”.
INEQUALITIES.The conspicuous inequalities that date back from time immemorial ,in SA ,have now just been perpetuated.The "EGALITARIAN" country envisaged by Madiba,will not be witnessed in SA,as Boers have been restored to their former status.We have seen videos of white Boer supremacists ill-treating the black folk in SA,all that will be now excerbated by the new unpalatable state of affairs.All what was bequathed to us by our forebearers has been retaken again.Apatheid is being perpetuated.It is now feasible for a new "STATE" called "THE REPUBLIC OF CAPETOWN" to be established.This has always been the wish of the Boers.
By Njabulo email libertyatliberty at gmail dot com.
Anonymous · 9 months ago
SOUTH AFRICANS CAN HAVE THEIR DIFFERENCES, BUT THE MOST ADMIRABLE THING ABOUT THEM THEY DON'T DWELL ON THE POLITICS OF HATE AND ARROGANCE. THEY CAN ENGAGE TO SETTLE THEIR DIFFERENCES.
REMEMBER CODESA, REMEMBER THE TRC, NOW THEY HAVE A GNU. IN ALL THIS THEY NEVER NEEDED ANY OUTSIDE HELP - NOT THE SADC, AU, OR UN. NOT EVEN A SINGLE NEIGBHOURS INVOLVEMENT. JUST THEM, SOUTH AFRICANS.
IN ZIMBABWE, TSHONA ARROGANCE AND PRIDE OF MAJORITY NUMBERS IS THE COUNTRY CURSE. IF ANY PARTY HAS THE POWER, FORGET ABOUT ANY ENGAGEMENT. THE COUNTRY WOULD RATHER GO TO THE DOGS.
EVERYTIME IS VOETSEK, GO TO HELL, WESTERN PUPPETS, ROBHENGURA, BHIKA DORO, VENE, ISU ISU. WHAT A SHIIIIT OF A COUNTRY!!!!!!