ANC's Masondo optimistic about GNU's success, but doesn't think stability 'will last forever'

JOHANNESBURG - African National Congress (ANC) national executive committee (NEC) member David Masondo says there iss no guarantee that the Government of National Unity (GNU) will go the whole nine yards, as government strikes a delicate balance between politics and service delivery.

The GNU was set up last month by the ANC with almost a dozen other parties in an unprecedented power-sharing deal.

But there are fears that political differences could lead to ongoing internal squabbles in the GNU.

Masondo, who is also the deputy minister of finance, said that so far, there was stability in government. 

"The construct, its logic, was mainly a construct to ensure government’s stability from that point of view."

Speaking on day two of the National Education, Health and Allied Workers' Union (NEHAWU)'s political school in Boksburg on Tuesday, Masondo said he was cautiously optimistic about the GNU's success.

"It doesn’t mean the stability will be forever. It is possible, particularly toward the 2029 general elections, that you may begin to see parties begin to demonstrate their independent identity and causing some problems in the GNU."