The party has criticised the government for spending millions of rand on the event while millions of South Africans are unemployed.
DA chief whip John Steenhuisen told TimesLIVE this week that only a handful of DA members, including party leader Mmusi Maimane will attend the event. Parliament had invited all MPs to attend the inauguration and booked hotel accommodation for those who are based outside Gauteng.Steenhuisen said they informed parliament on Sunday that its MPs will not be needing the accommodation.
Steenhuisen said the DA had 24 MPs who were based in Gauteng and that not all of them would be going. “I know they say it won’t cost the same as the last time, but SA’s fiscal space is in a different place than it was when Zuma was first inaugurated. Now 10 million people are unemployed.
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