“A Great Pity”: Ramaphosa Slams DA’s National Dialogue Withdrawal

“A great pity”: Ramaphosa slams DA’s national dialogue withdrawal

President Cyril Ramaphosa said the national dialogue will continue without the input of the Democratic Alliance (DA). He was speaking at a joint media briefing with the President of Austria, Alexander van der Bellen, on Friday, 4 July. Ramaphosa described the DA’s decision to withdraw from the national dialogue as “hypocrisy”. He said it demonstrated a lack of principle. He said South Africans had called for a national conversation about the sta…

National dialogue: Ramaphosa slams DA 'hypocrisy', says party will miss out on 'biggest show in SA'

President Cyril Ramaphosa has strongly criticised the DA, accusing the party of hypocrisy after it pulled out of the national dialogue.

Party representing South Africa’s white population “withdraws from national dialogue”…

South African president says national dialogue will continue without coalition partner

JOHANNESBURG - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Friday that a national dialogue aimed at uniting the country after last year's election would continue without his party's main coalition partner. Read more at straitstimes.com.

REAL POLITICS: DA shoots itself in the foot by dumping the national dialogue

The Democratic Alliance’s refusal to join the national dialogue shows it has learnt nothing from history and still cannot hear the voices of ordinary South Africans, writes Zukile Majova in Real Politics. The Democratic Alliance claims to be a future government — but its decision to withdraw from the national dialogue shows it still has no idea where South Africa comes from or where it is going. For many black South Africans, this moment confirm…