White-led DA party joins ANC in South African unity government
Leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA) John Steenhuisen speaks to media during a break in the first sitting of the National Assembly following elections at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) in Cape Town, South Africa, on June 14, 2024. REUTERS
The African National Congress and its largest rival, the white-led, pro-business Democratic Alliance, agreed on Friday to work together in South Africa's new government of national unity, a step change after 30 years of ANC majority rule.
Once unthinkable, the deal between two sharply antagonistic parties is the most momentous political shift in South Africa since Nelson Mandela led the ANC to victory in the 1994 elections that marked the end of apartheid.
