Presidency says Cabinet lekgotla not a platform for party politics

JOHANNESBURG - The Office of the Presidency said that the Cabinet lekgotla was not a platform for party politics.

On Wednesday, day one of the Cabinet lekgotla kicked off at the Sefako Makgatho Presidential Guest House in Pretoria.

The lekgotla comes on the back of growing tensions between the two largest parties in the Government of National Unity (GNU), the African National Congress (ANC) and the Democratic Alliance (DA).

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The DA has expressed unhappiness with the signing into law of the BELA and Expropriation Acts, going as far as threatening to withdraw from the GNU.

Speaking on the sidelines of the lekgotla, Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni said there were panels established to solve disputes between parties in the GNU.

"We are meeting as Government of National Unity, and we are not bringing party political interests. We are going to negotiate and discuss as members of Cabinet and representatives of provinces and we work for the best benefit of our country and not our parties."