#FirstThingsFirst - ActionSA new ally of the ANC on budget vote

The two largest parties in the GNU, the ANC and the DA, have once again reached an impasse, this time over the passing of the national budget. Negotiations between the two parties were reportedly ongoing and expected to go down to the wire. If those discussions fail, ActionSA could help the ANC get the Budget over the line. Speaking on whether the collaboration between the ANC and ActionSA meant ActionSA was now part of the GNU, Beesley, ActionSA’s representative on Parliament’s Standing Committee on Finance, said, “It’s been purely about the Budget at the moment, so we haven’t got into any discussions about that.” The team deliberated these developments, asking whether the DA has been hard done by the ANC.