Cape Town — ActionSA has had no regrets about not joining the Government of National Unity (GNU) and remains comfortable in its role as opposition.
As South Africa has gone past 100 days of the GNU, ActionSA said there has been an increase in the confidence of the new government, but said it has little to do with the performance of the government, but rather the optimism of South Africans, EWN reported.
The GNU was comprised of 10 political parties that brought different political ideologies to make up the GNU. ActionSA’s National chairperson, Michael Beaumont, said there have been no reforms that have come from the GNU.
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“Because a policy lekgotla was supposed to take place, it’s been radio silence coming out of that space, instead what we see is the NHI [National Health Insurance] being brought back to life, the BELA [Basic Education Laws Amendment] Bill coming into effect, we see the secrecy bill, someone blowing the dust off that and starting to bring that back, we see the largest cabinet we’ve seen in the history of South African politics,” Beaumont said.
According to iAfrica, Beaumont criticised the “pre-defence” of President Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala sag, suggesting that compromises were made by political parties during the coalition negotiations.
He was sceptical of the GNU to reverse South Africa’s current challenges and persisted that the GNU would ee a continuation of the same ANC policies that were rejected in 2024.
He insisted that the GNU would not change the country’s downward trajectory.
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Compiled by Matthew Petersen
