DA threatens motion of no confidence in Ramaphosa
JOHANNESBURG - The Democratic Alliance announced its withdrawal from the National Dialogue.
The party's leader, John Steenhuisen, also fired a warning shot to President Cyril Ramaphosa and some of his cabinet ministers who've been accused of corruption and other wrongdoing.
But the party will remain in the Government of National Unity.
So many talking points arose from the DA's briefing, including the clear tensions within the GNU and a potential motion of no confidence in Ramaphosa.
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