Democratic Alliance Leader Helen Zille Admits Prioritising Business Interests Over South Africans

• The Democratic Alliance's Federal chairperson, Helen Zille, admitted that the party put business above the country
• She spoke at the South African Chamber of Commerce UK and said businesses instructed her to shield Cyril Ramaphosa from the EFF and the MK Partry
• She also said that she was informed that should the EFF and MK gain more influence, investors would leave the country

With over seven years at Daily Sun and Vutivi Business News, Tebogo Mokwena, a Briefly News current affairs journalist, offered insights into South African politics, national, provincial and local governance, the Government of National Unity, political parties and Parliament.

JOHANNESBURG — The Democratic Alliance's Federal Chair, Helen Zille, admitted that businesses told her to shield Cyril Ramaphosa from the Economic Freedom Fighters and the MK Party.

Zille makes admission

According to The Star, Zille admitted that the party put the interests of businesses before those of the people of South Africa. Zille said that businesses told her that Ramaphosa was to be protected from undue influence from the EFF and Mkhonto Wesizwe Party. This was because, she said, investors would leave the country as they believed the EFF and MKP were not suitable for South Africa.

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The revelation is controversial because the MK Party is the official opposition and the third-largest party in Parliament. Zille pointed out that the MK Party's sudden and unexpected popularity was considered disastrous for the business community, and it threatened to take their businesses out of the country.

GNU slammed

Parties, including the South African Communist Party and the Economic Freedom Fighters, have opposed the DA's involvement in the Government of National Unity. SACP leader Solly Mapaila said the African National Congress sold the liberation movement out after jumping in bed with the Democratic Alliance. Political Analyst Sandile Swana said while private businesses ran the GNU, it was untrue that the EFF and the MK Partry would run the country into the ground.

Swana said that companies did not run away during Zuma's tenure as president, and businesses only ran away during Ramaphosa's tenure at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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John Hlophe slams GNU

In a related article, Briefly News reported that the MK Party's deputy president, John Hlpohe, slammed the GNU.

He called the GNU a DA-led coalition and accused the ANC of selling out the liberation movement.

Source: Briefly News