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SA Politics Thread Part 11: The GNU Normal
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The ANC is set to press ahead with a planned reset of the GNU amid disapproval and panic to allow for more unity of progressive black parties.
The party vowed to intensify talks with other progressive political parties, inside and outside the coalition given the tension with the DA.
It's weekend meeting of the NEC
, the ANC did not discuss the GNU having recently adopted a motion to expand the government of national unity. The NEC dealt instead with a plan to drastically improve performance of municipalities which culminated with a roll call meeting attended by more than 5000 councillors at FNB Stadium in Soweto.
Mbalula confirmed to Newsnote that a move is already underway to talk to other political parties.
“Now we are busy with turning around local government to give our people better services. Nothing has changed. As we announced previously that the ANC decided the GNU button must be reset and that is what we are doing. We know many people will make it about the DA, even the DA itself will do because they have this thing you know, they think they’re in a coalition with the ANC, we rejected a grand coalition and said ‘let’s bring everyone together’ so it’s not about whether DA approves or not, its happening,” said Mbalula when asked for an update.
He said the intention was not to boot out the DA but to avoid being held at ransom by the former opposition as it did during the budget.
“Coalitions in their nature are not perfect but you can’t have the kind of chaos we had with the budget and then is fine, you can’t. And then you don’t want Bel Act, Affirmative Action, Expropriation Act, its not what we can sacrifice so we’ve got to say what do we do and we’re talking to everyone inside GNU and outside,” he said.
Good riddance. The DA was starting to get too big for it's 20% boots.
The party vowed to intensify talks with other progressive political parties, inside and outside the coalition given the tension with the DA.
It's weekend meeting of the NEC
, the ANC did not discuss the GNU having recently adopted a motion to expand the government of national unity. The NEC dealt instead with a plan to drastically improve performance of municipalities which culminated with a roll call meeting attended by more than 5000 councillors at FNB Stadium in Soweto.
Mbalula confirmed to Newsnote that a move is already underway to talk to other political parties.
“Now we are busy with turning around local government to give our people better services. Nothing has changed. As we announced previously that the ANC decided the GNU button must be reset and that is what we are doing. We know many people will make it about the DA, even the DA itself will do because they have this thing you know, they think they’re in a coalition with the ANC, we rejected a grand coalition and said ‘let’s bring everyone together’ so it’s not about whether DA approves or not, its happening,” said Mbalula when asked for an update.
He said the intention was not to boot out the DA but to avoid being held at ransom by the former opposition as it did during the budget.
“Coalitions in their nature are not perfect but you can’t have the kind of chaos we had with the budget and then is fine, you can’t. And then you don’t want Bel Act, Affirmative Action, Expropriation Act, its not what we can sacrifice so we’ve got to say what do we do and we’re talking to everyone inside GNU and outside,” he said.
Good riddance. The DA was starting to get too big for it's 20% boots.
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Which western international company are you working for now ?As if.
The USA and their white supremacist president can bugger right the f off.
Nothing is going to stop transformation in South Africa.
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None, that would require a degree, which he doesn't have...
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Stupid comment considering I worked at them without the degree.
Not everyone is as stupid as you. Think.
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And with the DA about to be diluted in the GNU while gangsters kill people everyday in the DA led Western Cape, we are now back to discussing my matter regarding NMU.
I know I've hit a nerve when the loonies run there.
I know I've hit a nerve when the loonies run there.
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Apologies, cleaning toilets won't require one. I retract my comment...Stupid comment considering I worked at them without the degree.
Not everyone is as stupid as you. Think.
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Free tertiary education. Fees in higher education are barriers so the downtrodden remain impoverished.
The drums of change are beating louder by the day in South Africa and gone will be the days where students must pay R10K-R15K for registration alone, in January at the beginning of the year nogal.
The state must make things as comfortable for black people as possible. They've suffered enough.
The drums of change are beating louder by the day in South Africa and gone will be the days where students must pay R10K-R15K for registration alone, in January at the beginning of the year nogal.
The state must make things as comfortable for black people as possible. They've suffered enough.
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No, sometimes they can even exceed expectations.Stupid comment considering I worked at them without the degree.
Not everyone is as stupid as you. Think.
dualmeister
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He is finished. It's so heartwarming that loving the nonsensical 20% DA was his undoing.
ToxicBunny
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Cape Town who? Johannesburg who?
Polokwane is where it's at.
Think you may want to dig into the reasons for this, and its probably very much the antithesis of what you think it is.
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Have you recently driven on the R71 through Polokwane and then into the surrounding areas? It is literally fields of unfinished houses that span off into the horizon.Cape Town who? Johannesburg who?
Polokwane is where it's at.
One person building a mountain cabin in Magoebaskloof would likely cause significant price inflation in the province when the initial value of the properties is so low.
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You need to get with the times. It's the cis white males fault
ToxicBunny
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I thought that was last year before Donnie became president?
There is just so much wrong with this. No best-in-class benchmarking with the DA was done immediately invalidating the exercise. Also there's a typo in your post. To quote your president: "DA has the best run municipalities". There is an "edit post" function that will let you fix it to be in alignment with your president's views.
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