‘Narcissistic' Zille out of line

»» ANC is the principal leader of the GNU, says its new chief whip.

- Eric Naki

The bickering in the government of national unity (GNU) has already even before started, Cabinet posts have been allocated, and it's getting heated.

The ANC and the Patriotic Alliance (PA) have lambasted the "narcissistic" and "opportunistic" Democratic Alliance (DA) federal chair Helen Zille for allegedly getting ahead of herself in the debate.

The PA accused Zille of "seeking attention" and being a narcissist who believed she is always right. The party, led by Gayton McKenzie, vowed it would not retreat from the GNU.

The ANC's new chief whip, Mdumiseni Ntuli, said the DA was opportunistic in trying to imagine itself as the primary leader of the GNU because only the ANC was the leader.

Zille claimed the ANC could not include other parties in the GNU without consulting the DA.

She claimed the ANC, DA and Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), as the founding parties, should first agree on who should be admitted, as stated in the statement of intent signed by the three parties last Friday.