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[File photo] President Cyril Ramaphosa hosting a working dinner with leaders of political parties signatories to GNU on September 11, 2024.
Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen has stated at a media briefing in KwaZulu-Natal on Saturday that his party joined the Government of National Unity (GNU) to actively shape South Africa’s future, not just a mere spectator.
Steenhuisen emphasises the DA’s commitment to collaborating with other GNU partners to boost economic growth and create jobs.
However, political analyst Lumkile Mondi says squabbles within the GNU can endanger the country’s economic growth.
Mondi says parties should pull in the same direction to overcome the country’s challenges.
“The agreement to forming the GNU was first to build an economy that is growing, secondly for inclusivity and building a state that is capable, and therefore I think Steenhuisen and other people engaging on the matter they are justified, but we shouldn’t use that as a south African to destroy a government that is pivotal to reach South Africans to bring hope and unity, because if we don’t win the biggest fight globally busy squabbling here, we would have no economy and our problem of an economy that’s not growing will deepen and we will be losers if we were to dismantle the existing govt. of national unity.”
