IT'S GAME OVER FOR DA IN GNU

THE DA now has little to no ground to argue against the perception that the ANC has reduced it to a mere bystander in the so-called Government of National Unity (GNU).

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That is why President Cyril Ramaphosa can fire a DA deputy minister from his executive without being concerned about the political implications of his decision.

From the start, the ANC has always been firmly in control of the direction the government takes despite failing to secure enough votes to govern the country as a single party in last year’s elections.

Ramaphosa knows all too well that the DA’s desperation to remain in government runs so deep that it will not retaliate with severe action even when he acts against DA members in the executive.