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Build One South Africa (BOSA) leader Dr Mmusi Maimane says his party has not held formal talks with the ANC on expanding the GNU, and will not join any coalition that includes the MK Party, EFF, or \u201cracist parties.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Maimane made the remarks during a media briefing held in Rosebank, Johannesburg, on Thursday. <\/span><\/p>\n The briefing was convened in response to rising tensions within the GNU and ongoing fallout from the National Dialogue.<\/span><\/p>\n He also outlined BOSA\u2019s political agenda for the fourth quarter of the year.<\/span><\/p>\n Maimane criticised the GNU, currently led by the ANC and including the Democratic Alliance (DA), Freedom Front Plus, Inkatha Freedom Party, Patriotic Alliance, GOOD, Pan Africanist Congress of Azania, United Democratic Movement, Al Jama-ah, and Rise Mzansi – for failing to deliver on its promises.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cBOSA wishes to address the Government of National Unity itself. The GNU has been in office for 14 months. What South Africans have seen and experienced is endless infighting at the expense of progress,\u201d Maimane said.<\/span><\/p>\n He added that, by almost every available metric, there had been no meaningful progress.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe take no joy in this, because it is South Africans who suffer due to governance inertia. It is a sign that the time for the same old approaches is over,\u201d he said. <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe need new voices, new ideas, and new vigour.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n News previously reported that as the ANC intensifies its efforts to broaden the GNU, opposition party ActionSA has said it is not interested in joining the ruling coalition<\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba said he had only heard media reports of the ANC\u2019s intentions and that his party had not been approached directly by Luthuli House.<\/span><\/p>\n Maimane confirmed that BOSA had not been formally approached by the ANC or any GNU partners to join the governing bloc.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThat said, informal talks have taken place and are ongoing. The door remains open from both sides, but it is conditional,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cPart of the speculation is that they are going to increase the number. I want to make this particular point – that we have not engaged the African National Congress. At the invitation of that engagement, we are not people who simply go along to get along.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Maimane said that BOSA would not be drawn into internal ANC-DA tensions.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cSouth Africa is in crisis, so I\u2019m not going to be invited into a fight between the ANC and the DA,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n He also warned against a bloated Cabinet, criticising the current GNU for being the most bloated Cabinet in South Africa\u2019s democratic history.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cAdding political parties like the MK Party and many others will simply complicate things and make it impossible for us to be part of what will become a potpourri of parties who are not ideologically – let alone governmentally – qualified.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Maimane reiterated BOSA\u2019s refusal to work with parties that \u201cdo not want to uphold and defend our Constitution\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIf we don\u2019t have a basis of agreement, what then is the purpose of the government? Citizens are desperate. They are sick and tired of politics in this sense,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWhen white people are fighting, they are fighting each other. We need a governance road map that delivers for the people. It\u2019s not GNU for bias. It must be GNU for delivery.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Maimane outlined key conditions under which BOSA would consider joining the GNU, including that BOSA will not support a GNU that includes the EFF or MK Party.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cAll GNU partners must sign a firm commitment to non-racialism, constitutionalism, the rule of law and justice through redress.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n He said there should be a government plan, in which a measurable plan must be adopted, focused on investment attraction, economic growth, job creation, crime eradication, corruption fighting, education reform, and fixing state-owned enterprises such as Eskom and Transnet. Ethical leadership must also be instilled at all levels.<\/span><\/p>\n He clarified that his criticism was not aimed at the DA specifically and said there was no squabble with the party.<\/span><\/p>\n Maimane, who became the DA\u2019s first Black leader in 2015, led the party until 2019. He resigned after acknowledging he had lost the battle to transform the party into one more inclusive and relatable to Black South Africans.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWithout these prerequisite conditions,\u201d Maimane said, \u201cBOSA will not consider joining the GNU and bringing our values, expertise, and experience to the table for the benefit of all South Africans.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n simon.majadibodu@iol.co.za<\/strong><\/p>\n Politics<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Build One South Africa (BOSA) leader Dr Mmusi Maimane says his party has not held formal talks with the ANC on expanding the GNU, and will not join any coalition that includes the MK Party, EFF, or \u201cracist parties.\u201d Maimane made the remarks during a media briefing held in Rosebank, Johannesburg, on Thursday. 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