Leader of the DA John Steenhuisen said Ramaphosa’s announcement was a last-ditch attempt by a desperate leader whose party faces its most contested ballot test.
Opposition leader John Steenhuisen said Ramaphosa’s announcement on Monday night was a last-ditch attempt by a desperate leader whose party faces its most contested ballot test ever.In a public announcement on Tuesday morning, Steenhuisen said his legal team is ready to file court papers to challenge the NHI as soon as it becomes law.
During his State of the Nation Address in February, he quipped that he was only looking for a pen to sign it into law.“Ramaphosa has deliberately triggered a crisis that presents an existential threat to our future because the ANC is about to lose an election for the first time ever.”
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