EFF says it's prepared to replace DA in the GNU
The Democratic Alliance has recently threatened to exit the GNU, citing unhappiness with President Cyril Ramaphosa signing into law the BELA and Expropriation Bills — despite its opposition.
Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema at the party’s National People's Assembly at Nasrec in Johannesburg on Sunday, 15 December 2024. Picture: Jacques Nelles/Eyewitness News
JOHANNESBURG - The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) says it is prepared to replace the DA in the Government of National Unity (GNU) should the blue party leave.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has recently threatened to leave the GNU, citing its dissatisfaction with President Cyril Ramaphosa's signing of the BELA and Expropriation Bills into law despite its opposition.
At a media briefing on Monday, the EFF spoke on the gnu and the country’s current political climate.
The EFF was formed 12 years ago as a break-away party from the African National Congress (ANC).
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Despite that, the EFF says it shares many ideological policies with the ANC, unlike the DA.
EFF leader, Julius Malema, says the da is using the united states government to bully the ANC against implementing the Expropriation Act.
“They (DA) are now seeking external intervention which seeks to undermine the sovereignty of SA. The ANC must know that we are just outside, at the doorstep, once they remove the DA and they want a partner, we are in. There is no government that is going to collapse because Helen Zille (DA Federal Council Chairperson) says so.”
The DA has since released a statement, suggesting US President Donald Trump may be “misunderstanding” the Expropriation Act.