South Africa: ANC partner quits key govt initiative as new spat hits coalition

The withdrawal from the national dialogue by the Democratic Alliance (DA) is the latest instability to rock South Africa’s coalition government which has just marked its first anniversary.

Tension started when President Cyril Ramaphosa fired a deputy minister from the Democratic Alliance over unauthorized travel.

Andrew Whitfield who served as deputy minister for trade made a trip to the United States whithout approval from the…