/ 13 April 2025

DA not ‘walking away’ after talks with ANC to rescue coalition

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DA leader John Steenhuisen and ANC leader and South Africa's president, Cyril Ramaphosa. The government of national unity has 43 deputy ministers. If that number was trimmed, R100 million a year could be saved. Photo: GCIS

The parties remain divided over an increase in VAT, which the DA says South Africans cannot afford

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