I-African National Congress (ANC) ihlela ukuhlangana nabalingani bayo kuHulumeni Wobumbano Lwesizwe (GNU), iDemocratic Alliance (DA) kanye neFreedom Front Plus (FF+), ukudingida ngekusasa lomfelandawonye wabo. Lokhu kulandela ukushuba kwesimo esidalwe yiDA neFF+ benqaba ukweseka isabelomali sikazwelonke, esihlanganisa nokwenyuswa kweVAT.
Yize bengahambisani nesabelomali, iDA neFF+ bathe basafuna ukuba yingxenye yeGNU. I-DA izwakalise ukukhathazeka ngendlela amandla abiwa ngayo phakathi komfelandawonye, ​​iphakamisa ukuthi i-ANC ayinabo ubulungiswa endleleni ephatha ngayo izinqumo.
I-ANC inethemba lokuthi sekunesikhathi isisize ekudambiseni ukungezwani futhi ifuna ukusebenzisa imihlangano ezayo ukuthola izisombululo. Ihlela ukwethula imithetho emisha ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthi izinqumo zesabelomali zesikhathi esizayo ziphathwa kangcono futhi kugwenywe izinkinga ezifanayo.
Ngaphambi kokubamba umhlangano omkhulu nabo bonke ababambisene be-GNU, i-ANC izoqale ihlangane ngokwehlukana ne-DA kanye ne-FF+ ukuze ilalele izikhalo zabo futhi ithole nokuvumelana ngakho. Inhloso wukugcina uhulumeni wobumbano uqinile futhi uvimbele noma yikuphi ukuwa komfelandawonye.