JOHANNESBURG - The ANC has hit back at the DA's decision to both boycott the National Dialogue, as well as to oppose budgets of Ministers Thembi Simelane and Nobuhle Nkabane.
Spokesperson Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri says the DA needs to decide whether they are part of the GNU, or an opposition party within the executive.
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The DA has been outraged by President Cyril Ramaphosa's decision to fire Deputy Trade, Industry and Competition Minister, Andrew Whitfield.
Meanwhile, Ramaphosa says he exercised his constitutional prerogative and responsibility when he fired Whitfield.
He says Whitfield did not get the required permission to travel to the US with a delegation from the DA.