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South Africa’s government is teetering on the brink of collapse after the Democratic Alliance voted against the budget.
The fiscal framework passed in a tight 194-182 vote after the ANC overcame the opposition of its biggest coalition partner by securing support from smaller parties in the 10-party Government of National Unity.
The Democratic Alliance immediately mounted a legal challenge and its chair, Helen Zille, said the party was considering its future in the coalition. “The ANC does not want to share power,” she told Newzroom Afrika.
Zille’s comments followed the circulation of a purportedly leaked recording of President Cyril Ramaphosa in which he said the DA had “locked itself into an unenviable position” and questioned its future in the government.
Read on for more on how the coalition government began to unravel. →
