DA isolated, accused wanting to return to ‘good old days’ of Apartheid Economic Privileges

Knives are out for the Democratic Alliance (DA), a party increasingly accused of doing everything possible to return Apartheid, and doing everything possible to protect white interests.

Just recently, the controversy over the budget process exposed the DA in South Africa. After the 2025 Budget Speech, Minister in the President and President Cyril Ramaphosa’s most trusted aide Khumbudzo Ntshavheni said the Democratic Alliance (DA), which opposed the VAT increase, was “pursuing personal interests.”

For the first time in the history of democratic South Africa, the budget speech was postponed due to disagreements within the Government of National Unity (GNU) over the proposed 2% VAT increase.

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana presented a revised budget that includes a 1% VAT increase to 16% by the 2026/27 financial year, starting at 0.5% in 2025/26.

DA has expressed its negative attitude towards the increase and said it will not support it. Ntshavheni responded to