South African opposition parties holding crunch talks on the ANC’s unity plan. But deep rifts remainJOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African opposition parties were meeting Friday and will continue crunch talks into next week to consider the ruling African National Congress’ offer to become part of a government of national unity. ANC failed to secure a majority in last week’s highly contested election, but some opposition parties are already rejecting the party’s offer because of deep-seated divisions. Opposition party ActionSA has already declared it won’t be part of the negotiations, saying that it refuses to work with the ANC. “In principle, the IFP is not averse to a GNU (government of national unity).

Source: Ethiopian News June 07, 2024 12:12 UTC