Ramaphosa calls for cool heads as ANC to discuss future of GNU
The ANC's national working committee will be tasked with deciding on whether to keep the current composition of the GNU or change it.
ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa (centre) visited his branch in Chiawelo, Soweto on 6 April 2025. Picture: @MYANC/X
JOHANNESBURG - African National Congress (ANC) president, Cyril Ramaphosa, has called for cool heads to prevail as the party is set to discuss the future of the Government of National Unity (GNU).
On the agenda will be what the ANC plans to do with the Democratic Alliance (DA) and Freedom Front Plus, who voted against the recently passed national budget.
On Sunday, Ramaphosa spoke to the media during a visit to his home branch, ward eleven in Johannesburg.
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The ANC's national working committee will be tasked with deciding on whether to keep the current composition of the GNU or change it.
Some ANC leaders have publicly stated there cannot be ministers and deputy ministers in the GNU that will be tasked with implementing a budget they don't support.
The ANC president said that whatever decision the party made, it would take into account all the potential implications.
"We are going to have cool heads, we are going to sit back, examine everything properly without being driven by emotions and sectional interests. We will be driven by what is important for the people of South Africa."
This weekend, the DA reaffirmed its commitment to the GNU.