KZN DA says handing provincial government to MK Party and EFF is not an option

JOHANNESBURG - The DA in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) said handing over the provincial government to the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party and Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) is “not an option”.

The DA held a media briefing on Friday, where it re-affirmed itself to the coalition government in the province.

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This is despite friction between the DA and ANC in the Government of National Unity (GNU).

Both parties also make up the coalition government in KZN.

DA KZN leader Francois Rodgers said the coalition has to remain intact because the alternative will be allowing the EFF and MK Party into government.

“Because I don’t need to tell you that the balance of power in the province is one seat, two seats at most, to give the opposition the power in the province, that means we will hand over this province to the MK and EFF and we have made it very clear and I think all parties in the Government of Provincial Unity have made it clear – that’s not an option but again we need to stress and stipulate that whatever decisions are made at the national level, ultimately can, will, and may impact on the province.”