Fikile Mbalula during the First Sitting Of The National Council of Provinces at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) on 15 June 2024 in Cape Town. (Gallo Images/Jeffrey Abrahams)
The representation of parties should be based on the electoral mandate that they received, reflected in the number of seats they hold in the entire National Assembly.
This is what ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has told DA leader John Steenhuisen in a leaked letter.
The correspondence between the two leaders has also confirmed that the tussle for ministerial Cabinet positions resulted in a deadlock in the government of national unity negotiations.
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