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Conflict in South Africa’s coalition government is ‘not catastrophic,’ says major party leader

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Conflict is likely among partners in South Africa’s new coalition government but that won’t be “catastrophic” for its hopes of turning around the country, the leader of the second biggest political party said Thursday. Steenhuisen said that there would likely be many moments of disagreement between his center-right DA and the left-leaning ANC over the …

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — In a country where racial segregation was once brutally enforced, South Africa’s new coalition government has brought a Black president and a white opposition leader together in an image of unity. Yet the power-sharing agreement sealed a week ago between President Cyril Ramaphosa’s African National Congress party and the Democratic Alliance, one of South Africa’s …

South Africa’s largest opposition party believes it is the government in waiting, ahead of the 2024 election. Cape Town, South Africa – On April 1, John Steenhuisen was re-elected leader of the Democratic Alliance, South Africa’s largest opposition party, in a triennial congress in Midrand, just outside Johannesburg. “During the remaining months before next year’s election, the DA will make …

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South Africa’s opposition leader goes to Ukraine for fact-finding

African countries have mostly been silent on the Russia-Ukraine war but SA President Ramaphosa has lambasted NATO for it. The leader of South Africa’s main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance, is visiting Ukraine to see the damage and suffering caused as a result of Russia’s war. It is strongly in South Africa’s interest to stand with the free world and …