Tshidi Madia, standing in for 702's Clement Manyathela, speaks to Prince Mashele, a political analyst, Professor Kagiso Pooe from the Wits School of Governance, and Lizeka Tandwa, the Digital Politics Editor for TimesLIVE and Sunday Times, about the Government of National Unity's latest announcement.

Briefing the media on the outcome of the ANC’s National Working Committee (NWC) on Tuesday, ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula said that the party will "hit the reset button” and start engaging with parties inside and outside the GNU.

This is mainly to tackle the impasse over the 2025 budget that has emerged. 

Negotiations will take place over the next five days.

This ‘reset’ does not entail booting the DA from the GNU, or pushing for any specific changes. 

Subsequently, Mashele, Pooe and Tandwa discuss and ask:

• What the way forward is for the GNU.
• Will the 2025 budget be passed?
• Will there be a reconfiguration? 
• Where do we stand on the VAT increase?

"It's been a rather tumultuous time, a time of uncertainty... what we know right now is that the ANC's currently in conversation with its political partners in the GNU and those who supported it from the outside the GNU primarily, Action SA. What's interesting for us is to see what's going to come out of those conversations."

- Lizeka Tandwa, Digital Politics Editor - TimesLIVE and Sunday Times

"We must keep this in mind and we must never forget that the biggest two components - that is the ANC and DA - are strategic enemies and they are in this government to weaken each other. That is what we must keep in mind all the time when we see all the dramas... that's number one."

- Prince Mashele, Political Analyst

"What holds this thing together? It was always the key issue which was the weakness of this, and I call it the strategic weakness."

- Kagiso Pooe, Professor - Wits School of Governance

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