How much longer can South Africa's politically unstable GNU hold?

Stephen Grootes speaks to Sam Mkokeli, journalist and commentator, about the Government of National Unity's progress, highlighting concerns over political instability and economic stagnation.

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The Government of National Unity (GNU) seems to be holding together despite a rough past few days.

The Democratic Alliance (DA) said it will not withdraw from the coalition government despite its anger at President Cyril Ramaphosa's decision to fire their deputy minister of Trade Industry and Competition, Andrew Whitfield.

Ramaphosa axed Whitfield after he allegedly undertook an unauthorised international trip to the USA in February.

The DA has since withdrawn from the National Dialogue, a society-wide process to reflect and reimagine South Africa's future. 

It will also vote against the budgets of ANC ministers who are implicated in wrongdoing.

Speaking to Stephen Grootes on The Money Show, Sam Mkokeli, journalist and commentator says the GNU in its current form appears weak and flimsy.

"The GNU is unstable...It's going to be unstable for the next two years. We never know if it's on or off. We always have these problems that need to be resolved every single month."

- Sam Mkokeli, journalist and commentator

"This is a sensitive topic when a deputy minister is said to have gone abroad on an unofficial, official trip without being sanctioned properly. He would take something of that nature, and I think he's quite incensed about it..."

- Sam Mkokeli, journalist and commentator

"...they're going to have problems next month. They will have problems a bit later on, discussions about cabinet politics and basic management of the coalition."

- Sam Mkokeli, journalist and commentator

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