President Cyril Ramaphosa insists his unity government is durable despite a row over a contentious education bill which exposed tensions between his ANC and its main coalition partner, Democratic Alliance.
Speaking after signing the bill, Ramaphosa said despite different ideological outlooks, his government would continue to stand.
Part of the controversial education bill gives the relevant department the power to approve school boards’ language policies, which aim to prevent discrimination.
The ANC says that students are being excluded from some schools because of the language they speak, which it says has been used as a proxy for racial exclusion but the DA says the bill violates what they say is South Africans’ right to teach and learn in their mother tongue.
