The ANC and DA took centre stage last week with a performance that was as dramatic as it was disheartening. Their public bickering over the Expropriation Act amounted to immature noise that threatened to sour the mood in boardrooms and beyond. 

Before last week the DA had twice threatened to withdraw from the government of national unity (GNU), which includes eight other smaller parties. In June, just weeks after joining the GNU, it issued an ultimatum after the ANC seemingly ignored the agreement they both signed to govern the coalition...

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