Provincial GNU | Professor Alex Van Den Heever unpacks Gauteng's Executive Council

After two postponements that were due to a deadlock between the ANC and the DA, Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi announced his Gauteng's executive council on Wednesday evening.
The ten names comprised of seven executives from the ANC, while three positions were given to the IFP, Rise Mzansi, and the Patriotic Alliance.
The DA's Federal Chair, Hellen Zille said the party did not pull out, but the ANC went ahead unilaterally when the DA refused to be coopted with no meaningful power-sharing that reflected proportionality.
Professor Alex van den Heever joins us virtually. For more news, visit sabcnews.com and #SABCNews on all Social Media platforms.

[@anticorrup-g5o]

The DA is right. Don't compromise DA. And I am not a DA supporter. Fair is fair. Let Panyaza continue to fail the people.

[@m.x.refrigxolani8365]

And they're so quick to come to public to make DA look "wrong".

[@BrotherM1978]

You conveniently forgot that since 2016 ANC was removed from Johannesburg and the DA led coalition was running that meteo until of late. Nothing changed when they were in power there. So keep believing your lies and watch the space. Panyaza will disappoint you...

[@anticorrup-g5o]

@@BrotherM1978 DA led coalition is the operative word. How could the DA navigate through a nest of vipers and continue on a trajectory of competence? And competent they are without a shadow of doubt. Look to the Western Cape. Oh, by the way. I don't DA or even ANC, but I'll put my money behind competence any time against systemic corruption and pure inefficiency. 3 decades of unadulterated failure not proof enough for you?

[@Hlaluminathi-u9p]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@Hlaluminathi-u9p]

​@m.x.refr😂😂😂igxolani8365

[@charleentheron4767]

Greedy ANC wants the biggest slice of the cake.

[@ThabisilePhora-fm6tr]

But they used the same system in KZN .DA.....da.....

[@fisokuhlengwenya3382]

funny how this greedyness wasn't located in kzn thats white supremecy just didn't work coz Panyaza is not a puppet,you are just hypocrites

[@anticorrup-g5o]

The DA is right. Don't compromise DA. And I am not a DA supporter. Fair is fair. Let Panyaza continue to fail the people.

[@HarwardMbonxa]

so says a staunch supporter of the arrogant racist DA.

[@chriscoetzer]

Can anyone name a successful ANC-run municipality? The answer is no. The successfully run municipalities with clean audits are all DA run. Let's see what happens with the next elections 2 years down the line.

[@BarryStemmet]

Cleans audits means nothing

[@BarryStemmet]

Cleans audits means nothing

[@chriscoetzer]

@@BarryStemmet with clearly no understanding of English grammar, I don't expect you to realise the importance of clean audits either.

[@rekkabcleaningandlaundroma3580]

​@user-tz6cu6ol3w One can see with part of your body you're thinking. The only reason why the markets show change is only because of DA joined GNU.

[@Yvdberg]

This will be the last time, the ANC has any power at all.

[@PS-hv7on]

We can hope

[@angelodoubel9653]

I agree

[@HarwardMbonxa]

Because they shut out the racist DA,the white party majority of Black South Africans hate so much,with this, Panyaza can regain the lost support ramaphosa brought to ANC due to his closeness to the DA.

[@Byronthegooner]

@@HarwardMbonxa hahahaha coward behind a fake account.. Tsek. Msunu

[@BrotherM1978]

​@user-fh3oc5ij3s you can say that again...

[@mjlroux9998]

You cant expect the DA to fix 30 years of neglect over night. Think use your commen sence

[@charlenejulius8501]

Exactly

[@TheerajSahadeo]

Well said Mr.alex van den heerver keep it up

[@CherylAlfred-qw2yo]

Prof is right

[@online3010]

ANC has beaten DA with all these negotiations. ANC are calling the shots and pushing DA around like a child

[@rthare1]

The Prof really put the biased presenter in her place on every point. She even tried to boil the DA down into the same pot. Shame.

[@Tinker8531]

He was the one who was critical until Sakina pulled him up on DA's bad governance in Tshwane. He did not expect that.🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@mjlroux9998]

It should be about the people. Not ANC

[@Yvdberg]

@@mjlroux9998 but the ANC is showing South Africa right now, that it is not about the people, it is only about the ANC! I love it when a virus just starts eating its own. This needs to happen, for SA to see who the ANC really is. Exciting times!

[@SiphiweSithole-ne9tk]

This means ANC Gauteng wants power and money at all cost...Wow😮

[@danieliaburger158]

On point Alex!!

[@HarwardMbonxa]

a white DA so called professor.

[@ShawnRademeyer]

Is the presenter stupid? The DA's 3 was on the basis the ANC was going to give 2-3 positions to other parties as well.

[@HarwardMbonxa]

DA is a racist party and we are happy they atre not part our Gauteng governance.

[@vuyoboltina1617]

Why not apply the same argument in KZN where 44% voted for MK?

[@PhindileMbatha-t6o]

Mk should stand up for themselves as DA does

[@vuyoboltina1617]

@@PhindileMbatha-t6o The Argument still needs to be consistent with one's values, otherwise u're just blowing steam. One cannot steal the administration by combining minority parties in one province, then argue that the voters want and should get majority parties to govern in another. . .We do not know what MK has planned for KZN, but I doubt they'll take the beating Laying down.

[@anticorrup-g5o]

Because they never came to the negotiations. If they had they would have had a piece of the pie.

[@User-.-_007-s]

​@@anticorrup-g5othey must get 90%of the pie

[@chriscoetzer]

How would the DA improve? Firstly by stopping wholesale looting. Which is now going to continue with the same miserable results in Gauteng.

[@DonaldHjul]

Change the narrative that politics is about power......it is simply about serving the citizens

[@hermanwiechers8652]

What a bleak future for Gauteng.

[@ProcaviaCapensis-ts8ub]

The ANC now needs the EFF in Gauteng. That arrangement hasn't worked too well in the metros. I'm wondering how the National ANC feels about that. But now we will be able to compare the running of KZN and Gauteng. The voters can show what they decide in a couple of years at the next municipal election.

[@Byronthegooner]

As a durban resident for 10 years the eff and anc have ruined this once beautiful city

[@thembandumo4871]

If what is happening in Gauteng is wrong also what happened to MKP in KZN is wrong people should be consistent be fair in all spheres.

[@edgarmazubane5635]

In kzn the ifp leads the gvt, yet it holds 18%

[@User-.-_007-s]

Da must withdraw in kzn and give province to majority party mkp thats the right thing to do

[@pederkvevli2563]

Can you imagine how badly basic services will be neglected if that happens? ​@@User-.-_007-s

[@ndabezinhlemkwananzi4845]

It's because IFP has the highest % amongst those in coalition Government.......... MK is not part of the Government.......... other parties formed what is called a minority Government which made the biggest party an opposition party

[@TheAlistairc1]

Anc is keeping us so much in the drains- can they just grow up

[@HarwardMbonxa]

who is "us"?

[@markdlamini5236]

This is not an analysis but a party affiliate view point

[@katvis4052]

hamba, ulindeni your dalulu

[@Ooutssidder]

More like an angry Joburg resident.

[@MarthinusVanderbyl-f6w]

Sakina this is not work together this is greediness using parties for own things

[@rosehunter5140]

Oh Sakina, you have always supported the ANC.

[@MarthinusVanderbyl-f6w]

Oh Fikile and lesufi will not servive that's not the will of the people

[@HarwardMbonxa]

that is not the will of the people to be governed by the racist DA as well.

[@lizelleowen1756]

SO GLAD DA LEFT THE ANC IN GAUTENG. LET THE PEOPLE SUFFER

[@zandatwala3469]

Lol for another 4 years

[@Tinker8531]

Only Whites would have benefitted from the DA, so no loss at all.

[@sibusisondlovu7663]

Either way black people were going to suffer whether DA was there or not. We know DA serves white people's best interest. I'm not really bothered. I wonder why people think that the DA is an answer to our problems when they are such a racist party who would call other people/ parties dogs, dehumanizing them.

[@HarwardMbonxa]

not suffer like in the Cape flats where your racist DA governs.

[@Jitesh_Dayal]

Sakina "ANC puppet" Komwendo.

[@BrotherM1978]

Since when 😂, Sakina is a seasoned journalist, she asks tough questions to anyone and the DA is no exception.

[@ZuzumziNgubo]

Yabona indaba yokuthi ANC ibi no 34% bekungamele yenze sengathi ino 50+,azange siwuzwe lomsindo kwi mkp ekzn,yekani ANC yenze okwayo bekumnandi kwabanye berojwa manje sekubuhlungu aykhale.

[@User-.-_007-s]

Da must wslk away in kzn

[@ZuzumziNgubo]

@@User-.-_007-s hz said they will not.

[@HelenJooste-i8i]

People must not weigh in with their emotions. When you speaking comman sense you are not necessarily a DA. Accept where mistakes are made. Already residents are hit with a six with R230 electricity surcharge. They must pay for people who are stealing and sabotaging. NOT fair man...

[@StuartAinslie-le8bo]

ANC is so, so poor on PROFESSIONAL Government... 😢 after 30 years.. 😢😢

[@DonaldHjul]

😂😂😂love the way the SABC anchor tries to lean towards blaming DA. Used to respect this lady....

[@nicksolomon958]

Sakina_ looks like your "'feelings' is skewing your optics to denying just how delinquent Panyaza Lesufi and the fellow ANC comrades continue to be! They refuse to have competence from DA actually get the job done!

[@ellenoracloete822]

What is happening is State Capture so what does it tell you.

[@shannonnaicker4040]

The will of the people have been trampled on by this corrupt anc

[@hermienbooyens1105]

DA is right to not join.

[@HarwardMbonxa]

and happy these arrogant DA racists did not join and we salute Panyaza for this.

[@daryljohnson1271]

The DA must just leave everything national also because these people will never understand they think different they just want power

[@HarwardMbonxa]

when you say these people you mean Black people.

[@charlenejulius8501]

ANC will be the victim of their own demise.

[@HarwardMbonxa]

by excluding your white racist DA who careless about gangsterism abd drugs in the Cape flats for example.

[@anticorrup-g5o]

They already are. Look at the vote and they will lose more voters.

[@royfourie1965]

2 can play this game, Anc is greedy, vote of no confedence against lesufi, and ramaposa

[@HarwardMbonxa]

suggested by 20% racist DA and expect the EFF or MK to support such clowns,maybe with their puppet ramaphosa and hands off to our Lesufi.

[@gaininvision2023]

Why DA want to be respected when in KZN they failed to respect MK.

[@tselisolitelu2744]

This is a REAL DA MEMBER 💯 😢

[@thandomkhabela525]

He truelly is..

[@zandatwala3469]

The professor is telling the truth, i agree with his points . But he also couldn't hide his bias, which makes it tough for his listener to take him seriously

[@HarwardMbonxa]

white truth.

[@CherylAlfred-qw2yo]

The voters voted for the DA means they have spoken

[@HarwardMbonxa]

you mean 28% white voters in Gauteng.

[@murielpucoe9213]

Sakina, im very disappointed in you for taking sides as a journalist . I heard you saying the water and sanitation problems are the DA's problems... where as we all know that it was a problem that lasted for for than 6yrs before DA took over in Tshwane. You are a ANC fan .i dont have respect for you as z black woman to another black woman. Stop being biased znd do your job.

[@tloudinyake7285]

😂😂

[@HarwardMbonxa]

DA and racism are synonymous.

[@murielpucoe9213]

@@HarwardMbonxa are we still racists in South africa? Because black Gauteng people voted for DA, the numbers show. So, are we blacks now racists???

[@sandisombulawa345]

What about KZN??

[@pederkvevli2563]

MKP never came to the negotiations, it's not as if they tried. The DA tried in Gauteng and withdrew themselves because the ANC refuses to share power proportionally.

[@humaniduncan6377]

I’m no fan of the ANC, in fact I hate them but the Prof should stop calling himself an analyst - he’s too emotional and completely biased.

[@thandomkhabela525]

Hes too emotional for an analyst

[@dogeinmypockets2246]

Sakina was out of her depth here. She got washed

[@MarthinusVanderbyl-f6w]

The da is not stupid like he is people did spoken work together not be greedy

[@HarwardMbonxa]

work together with the racist DA.

[@pholosomore9831]

The professor was very biased here. He painted the DA as the savior party and others don't know what they're doing. From his rhetoric it's easy to tell on which side he is politically. I expected a professor of governance to be balanced in his analysis, sadly he wasn't.

[@LupiousChiwanza]

It's not that DA is a savior but anc didn't fulfill the agreement, if anc gave 2 out of 7 to other parties there was no problem with DA ANC is greedy ,arrogant and aiming to to undermine the development working together as GNU to improve the lives of the pple

[@nedor64]

Looking at the state this country is in then he is right the ANC don't have a clue how to run this country. It is as if they are a bunch of criminals.

[@Tinker8531]

@@LupiousChiwanza Da asked for 3 got 3 and then think they have the right to decide who gets the others. DA needs to drop their Baas mentality, no one is impressed with their bullying behaviour .

[@LupiousChiwanza]

@@Tinker8531 even ANC has bullying behavior, their agenda is to get 7 seats,what about coalition partners

[@SphamandlaDlamini-v2d]

The ANC Gauteng said they are talking to ALL political parties,I thought Lesufi will rope in his friends the EFF or MK.Deputy speaker position maybe reserved for them.

[@MandisaNgcobo-i2p]

L😮il9

[@dimakatsoramosidi7408]

Prof is so angry 😂😂😂

[@gkapps7683]

DA commentator this 1🤦‍♂️

[@leopesimmonitaleeu9019]

No street lights in Pretoria, people are roppeed due to dark, robots dead 😮😮😮

[@comictanker]

This professor is considerably biased

[@Tinker8531]

THE MINUTE HE SAID THE WC IS WELL RUN, HE LOST CREDIBILITY. THESE WHITES WANT TO BIG UP THE DA WHO IS NOT AS COMPETENT AS THEY THINK THEY ARE.

[@afroisme5750]

...it's so amazing that this analyst is unhappy with the ANC and supports the DA. He's not an analyst by a DA Spindoctor.

[@MarthinusVanderbyl-f6w]

If they do this so everyone can do what they want

[@DUMISANIMTSHIPULA]

Is this a DA professor

[@gasman9917]

Who is DA spokesperson

[@tumelomohlaping8875]

I'm sure it's clear that you were speaking to a DA member than an academic ausi Sakhina.

[@blackkambizi8475]

DA called MK party and EFF Dogs 🐕. What is your take.

[@greasi]

That is literally a lie. Zille said "through them to the dogs" which is a figure of speech that has long been used globally. There is nothing insulting about that, if you are it's because you're illiterate (probably due to ANC incompetence over the last 30 years)

[@chriscoetzer]

They were being kind.

[@anticorrup-g5o]

@@chriscoetzer 😂😂😂😂

[@elizabethchurch3224]

@blackkambizi8475 No you misunderstand English grammar, being thrown to the dogs is an idiom it's not calling anyone a dog. Maybe the teachers did not teach idioms at your school. Google idioms to understand.

[@blackkambizi8475]

@elizabethchurch3224 It's unfortunate you are contradicting yourself. First of all, do you know what an IDIOM is for? It's fundamental to first understand yourself before you critique anyone and anything under the sun.

[@nhlanhleninyembe9985]

It appears that the guest’s perspective may be influenced by bias for the DA, given their emotional reaction to the DA not being part of the Gauteng Provincial Government. I agree that effective management is crucial at the provincial level. However, I wonder how the DA would address the challenges in Gauteng, especially considering their more than six years in Pretoria, during which they seem to have faced difficulties. Perhaps the guest could shed light on the specific improvements the DA would bring to the region. Additionally, it’s worth noting that Midrand falls under the City of Johannesburg jurisdiction

[@itumelengmothibedi2736]

I think he meant to say Midvaal

[@ShepherdMancama-zl4dn]

The problem with the GRANDKIDS OF THE SETTLER lineage is they believe they have a SUPERIOR Thought Process and SUPERIOR Decision Making. They have to Unlearn this. Prof you DEFINITELY HELP to be able to be inducted into the Society the Republic is trying to build where the COLOUR OF MY SKIN (Black) can never (at) WHOLESALE be associated with FAILURE.

[@srininaidoo]

The DA got 11 seats in KZN and MK got 37 seats with no MEC portfolios. Prof is a Hypocrite

[@williammokgoshi527]

This prof sounds like he is bought by gogo Helen zile

[@joemahlangu4584]

The DA professor is obviously very upset that DA is not part of the Gauteng government.

[@katvis4052]

You should hear the ANC professor's, exclamation on the 'S there

[@lebohangmohapi8605]

Are you overjoyed then?

[@katvis4052]

@@lebohangmohapi8605 ecstatic

[@lebohangmohapi8605]

​@katvis4052 Well, the historical fact is that communists always are until disaster hits.

[@noirntombi5432]

Nope guys 2029 let’s not vote DA

[@mollykekesi3640]

It's nonsense just because the DA is not part of it? They were singing the same song when they were not part of the government, now they're part of even a huge government compare to the one they complained about and they happy. Hypocrites.

[@BrotherM1978]

For the prof to say IT TAKES TIME TO FIX PRETORIA sounds more like ANC blaming apartheid for its failures to fix this country and address the poverty, inequality and transformation for those who were disadvantaged. Politicians always sound better when they want to be in power...

[@tqntuli2677]

Sakina you were clearly not biased

[@Jadamema28]

ANC EFF PA IFP MK ANC choose not to for the sake of this white PROFF that's not great full to ANC

[@Jadamema28]

ANC don't DA ANC is doing this wite privilege a favor, tomorrow ANC can govern with EFF MK PA, any moment if they choose to

[@mandlenkosishabalala8890]

This Professor is not objective in his analysis. He is driven by negative attitude to GPU and the obvious hatred to the ANC.

[@eliasmicheal262]

I have a question? I’m outsider looking in but have been fascinated and hooked to SA politics since the national election. I keep seeing people commenting about KZN and how the MK doesn’t have top positions in the province. Like in every video since the ANC and DA battle for Gauteng. If someone can enlighten me, the MK party would get seats but no positions or portfolios in Provincial government because they are not part of the GNU right? And wasn’t the Premier voted in because of his party affiliation with the GNU?

[@khantsembatsane9255]

Yes, they also said they don't want to talk to the ANC of Ramaphosa. So that means they would have been left with IFP and DA but they were already in a moonshot pack before the election started with the DA. Which means they were left with Eff which only had 2 seats. MK and EFF makes a total of 39 seats. DA, ANC and IFP together makes 40 seats you need 41 to govern. NFP has 1 seat they chose the 3party coalition to create a winner. If they had gone with the MK the province would be stuck in a deadlock of 40 seats each. So no one played the MK, they played themselves.

[@eliasmicheal262]

@@khantsembatsane9255 Thank you for taking your time comment and explaining. Wishing your country all the best in the upcoming years!

[@tiktokclipz3264]

Very biased view from the so called prof from Wits, as he articulates his views he is so clear in supporting DA and making excuses for its missteps

[@louismzobe3073]

What a waste of my time

[@DricksMuzi]

In essence DA 😂 took the little power they have and gave it to the Crooks. Keep whining and throw tantrums all day statement of intent is not legally binding anyway. DA was politically outsmarted. Dont hate the player hate the game

[@ProcaviaCapensis-ts8ub]

So glad that you think that the ANC is smart. Now they will have to get the support of the EFF to get anything done in Gauteng. We've already seen the disaster of ANC and EFF working together in the metros. The ANC has a short term gain but will suffer a longer term loss. I don't see that as being smart. Municipal elections are only a couple of years away.

[@pholosomore9831]

@@ProcaviaCapensis-ts8ub DA doesn't know how to engage in Politics. They believe what works in Cape Town should work automatically for the country, it doesn't work like that lol.

[@Tinker8531]

@@ProcaviaCapensis-ts8ub It's not like the DA is any better, its only Whites who have faith in the DA, the rest of us know they mediocre at governance.

[@DricksMuzi]

@@ProcaviaCapensis-ts8ub if you Look up the word OUTSMART it refers to , DEFEAT OR GET THE BETTER OF (someone) BY BEING CLEVER OR CUNNING, so you can decide for yourself what you want to call it. That's the tantrum and whining im talking about. We also saw a DA/EFF that was none coherent so stop with the double standards.

[@lebohangmohapi8605]

​@@ProcaviaCapensis-ts8ubWell said!

[@makhosonkepatrick9346]

We don't want DA