DA's Steenhuisen, IFP's Hlabisa upbeat about SA's future
Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen said his party was ready to play key roles in the executive.
FILE: DA leader John Steenhusen at the Union Buildings ahead of the 2024 presidential inauguration on 19 June 2024. Picture: Xanderleigh Dookey Makhaza/Eyewitness News
PRETORIA - New partners to the government of national unity are upbeat about the future.
They say it's time to set aside their political differences and fix the country.
President-elect Cyril Ramaphosa will be inaugurated for a second term on Wednesday.
The mood, the music, the guests, are all coming together to reflect a new optimism and possibly Ramaphosa’s second new dawn.
Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen said his party was ready to play key roles in the executive.
"We are committed to making sure that this chapter that we are beginning to write for South Africa, is going to be the best chapter yet. The voters of South Africa have spoken. They said we are not giving any party a majority. It's up to you to sort it out amongst yourselves."
Meanwhile, Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) leader Velenkosini Hlabisa said that his party Was up to the task and would also deliver at a provincial level after an IFP-led government was installed in KwaZulu-Natal on Tuesday.
"Challenges are vast, it needs an urgent intervention, quick solutions, a government that will be proactive, even in dealing with problems that we have not seen."
Dignitaries and guests have now largely all arrived and waiting for the official proceedings to begin.