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The conflict that Steenhuisen has raised between the DA and the ANC could come to a head on Friday if President Cyril Ramaphosa , the ANC leader, signs into law an education bill that the DA strongly opposes, as Mr Ramaphosa has said he would
Conflicts are expected between partners in South Africa’s new coalition government, but they will not be “catastrophic” for the country’s hopes of recovery, the leader of the country’s second-largest political party said Thursday.
John Steenhuisen ‘s Democratic Alliance unexpectedly joined a coalition government led by the long-ruling African National Congress (ANC) following national elections in May, turning its sworn enemies on both sides of the South African political spectrum into partners in government.
Analysts have predicted that labour relations will be difficult, and Steenhuisen has spoken of a “marriage of inconveniences” for Africa’s most advanced economy, which is burdened by problems of poverty, inequality, unemployment and failing state-owned enterprises.
Steenhuisen said there would likely be many moments of disagreement between his centre-right DA party and the left-wing ANC over the next five years of the legislature in order to end South Africa’s “deep crisis” , and that this had to be accepted.
The ANC and the DA have come together with eight other smaller parties to form what has been called a government of national unity after weeks of laborious negotiations following the May 29 election. The historic deal came after the long-dominant ANC lost its parliamentary majority for the first time since apartheid ended in 1994, forcing it to find coalition partners to stay in government. South Africa has found itself in uncharted political waters.
The conflict that Steenhuisen has raised between the DA and the ANC could come to a head on Friday if President Cyril Ramaphosa , the ANC leader, signs into law an education bill that the DA strongly opposes, as Mr Ramaphosa has said he would.
Steenhuisen said his party would take his government to court over the law if Ramaphosa signed it and accused the ANC of “running roughshod” over its coalition partners. The DA is also deeply opposed to a national health law that was introduced before the election and that will make the government the sole provider of health care. Critics of the law, including the DA, say it will eliminate private healthcare companies rather than improve public healthcare.
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