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News24 | DA says meeting with NFP in KZN was ‘cordial and informative’

DA KZN leader Dean Macpherson said the party’s meeting with the NFP was “cordial and informative” and a positive step toward keeping the provincial coalition government intact. Phando Jikelo/RSA Parliament The DA met with the NFP to address concerns after the NFP’s withdrawal from KZN’s coalition government.The NFP withdrew earlier this month. The DA plans a multiparty meeting with the IFP and ANC to resolve differences and stabilise the coalition.The DA in KwaZulu-Natal believes the party’s bilateral meeting with the National Freedom Party (NFP) on Saturday was “a positive step in the right direction” to keep the provincial coalition government intact. Earlier this month, the NFP announced that it had withdrawn from the governing coalition because its partners did not honour agreements. Several parties in the provincial legislature subsequently wanted to meet with the NFP, including the DA.This meeting lasted more than two hours on Saturday and, according to DA provincial chairperson Dean Macpherson, it was “cordial and informative”.“The DA welcomed the opportunity to hear directly from the NFP regarding their concerns as well as their expectations to resume talks around the future of the GPU (government of provincial unity),” Macpherson said.He said the DA would invite the IFP and ANC – other members of the governing coalition – to a multiparty meeting “to allow all parties to raise issues that are important to them as well as resolve outstanding differences”.READ | Coalition crisis in KZN: DA seeks urgent audience with NFP“Our view remains that the GPU, with the full participation of the NFP, is the best vehicle to deliver stability, economic growth and jobs to the people of KwaZulu-Natal.“The DA believes that today’s meeting with the NFP was a positive step in the right direction and now calls on all political parties in the GPU to come together in the best interests of the province.”While the NFP holds only one seat in the 80-seat KwaZulu-Natal legislature, it is pivotal, as the MKP and EFF on the one side hold 37 and two seats respectively, and the IFP holds 15, the ANC holds 14 and the DA holds 11.

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DA KZN leader Dean Macpherson said the party’s meeting with the NFP was “cordial and informative” and a positive step toward keeping the provincial coalition government intact.

Phando Jikelo/RSA Parliament

The DA met with the NFP to address concerns after the NFP’s withdrawal from KZN’s coalition government.
The NFP withdrew earlier this month.
The DA plans a multiparty meeting with the IFP and ANC to resolve differences and stabilise the coalition.

The DA in KwaZulu-Natal believes the party’s bilateral meeting with the National Freedom Party (NFP) on Saturday was “a positive step in the right direction” to keep the provincial coalition government intact.

Earlier this month, the NFP announced that it had withdrawn from the governing coalition because its partners did not honour agreements.

Several parties in the provincial legislature subsequently wanted to meet with the NFP, including the DA.

This meeting lasted more than two hours on Saturday and, according to DA provincial chairperson Dean Macpherson, it was “cordial and informative”.

“The DA welcomed the opportunity to hear directly from the NFP regarding their concerns as well as their expectations to resume talks around the future of the GPU (government of provincial unity),” Macpherson said.

He said the DA would invite the IFP and ANC – other members of the governing coalition – to a multiparty meeting “to allow all parties to raise issues that are important to them as well as resolve outstanding differences”.

READ | Coalition crisis in KZN: DA seeks urgent audience with NFP

“Our view remains that the GPU, with the full participation of the NFP, is the best vehicle to deliver stability, economic growth and jobs to the people of KwaZulu-Natal.

“The DA believes that today’s meeting with the NFP was a positive step in the right direction and now calls on all political parties in the GPU to come together in the best interests of the province.”

While the NFP holds only one seat in the 80-seat KwaZulu-Natal legislature, it is pivotal, as the MKP and EFF on the one side hold 37 and two seats respectively, and the IFP holds 15, the ANC holds 14 and the DA holds 11.