The DA remains SA’s defence against the radicals and anti-constitutionalists
17 July 2024
After serving for the past 20 years as the official opposition in South Africa’s democratic dispensation, the Democratic Alliance (DA) has stepped into a new role as the second-largest political party in the Government of National Unity (GNU) where no single political party received an outright majority in the 2024 General Election.
In this new political environment, I have led the DA into the GNU to keep a promise we made to South African voters during our election campaign: to rescue South Africa from the radical and anti-constitutionalist forces which threaten the very foundations of our democracy.
Nowhere is this more evident than in the utterances and behaviour of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) parties which would seek to implement destructive policies and ideals such as the abolition of the constitution, and parliamentary sovereignty – a proposal which harks back to the dark days of our past. Where the EFF and MK seek to break our country, the DA seeks to build it. And where the EFF and MK seek to undo the progress made by a free and prosperous South Africa, the DA will fight to advance it.
The forces now seated across the aisle of the GNU in parliament are led by the likes of impeached high court judge, John Hlophe, and VBS theft-accused, Julius Malema, whose parties are the very antithesis to what we as South Africa hope to achieve. The DA remains the only bulwark against these radical and anti-constitutionalist forces, and our role in the GNU is prevent MK and the EFF from ever getting their hands on the levers of executive power.