JOHANNESBURG – The African National Congress (ANC) said the Democratic Alliance (DA)’s criticism of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s declaration of Russia as an ally and friend was an attempt to use the coalition government to micromanage the country’s head of state.
Its first deputy secretary-general, Nomvula Mokonyane, said the denunciation showed DA leader John Steenhuisen’s limited understanding of how the Government of National Unity (GNU) functions.
The DA has rejected the president’s comments, which he made during a bilateral meeting with Russia’s Vladimir Putin ahead of the…
DA’s statement on Russia shows limited understanding of how GNU works
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