ActionSA welcomes new approach from DA
23 November 2021
ActionSA notes the communication by DA Leader, John Steenhuisen, in which he appears to have extended the olive branch of coalition to political parties.
While this new approach is a radical improvement from the bulldozing of coalition discussions which the DA perpetrated last week, it is a welcome improvement.
ActionSA used our votes in councils yesterday to elect DA Mayors because the collapsing of coalition arrangements and refusal of the DA to negotiate meant the alternative would have been ANC governments in these cities.
While Mr Steenhuisen’s newfound respect for coalition parties is positive it is more likely the product of the DA finding itself leading minority coalition arrangements without agreements in place – exactly where it didn’t want to be.