The DA's future in the government of national unity - GNU - appears to be hanging in the balance after it voted against finance minister Enoch Godongwana's budget on Wednesday. While analysts agree that the DA and ANC have been on the brink many times before, they say this time is the worst and most perilous for stability. Pressure also appears to be mounting from the ANC NEC for President Cyril Ramaphosa to deal with the DA especially after the party took the 0.5 percentage point VAT hike and the process of passing the fiscal framework document to court for review. The DA's federal executive has reportedly held meetings to decide on it's future in the GNU but the outcomes of the deliberations are yet to be made public. DA leader John Steenhuisen however told the SABC yesterday that his party remains committed to the GNU. On the other hand the ANC is expected to convene a special NEC meeting TOMORROW (Monday) to discuss it's next course of action following these recent developments 

For more Bongiwe Zwane spoke to Professor Daniel Meyer from the School of Public Management, Governance and Public Policy at UJ and Professor William Gumede from the School of Governance at Wits University