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John Henry Steenhuisen

Date of Birth: 25 March 1976
Place of Birth: Durban


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Treasury is the big loser after the tax hike fiasco

Supporters of ANC Deputy President Paul Mashatile have been emboldened in their opposition to the DA's inclusion in the coalition; and critics such as Helen Zille of John Steenhuisen's leadership of the DA lamented that he didn't capitalise more on the ANC's discomfiture over the budget...

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The budget fight threatening to shatter the coalition

DA parliamentary leader John Steenhuisen and Federal Council Chair Helen Zille differ on GNU tactics with Zille advocating a more uncompromising approach taking matters to the brink...

DA leader John Steenhuisen told a local radio show ‘We want to have some say in economic direction but there are factional battles at play in the ANC...


Tax and spend row opens new schism in coalition

DA leader John Steenhuisen whose party is the second biggest after the African National Congress in the 10-party Government of National Unity (GNU) rejected the tax plan forcing Godongwana to delay his budget now due on 12 March...


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Land law poses first major test to coalition

The new law allows for expropriation without compensation only where it is ‘just and equitable and in the public interest' such as in cases where land is not being used or developed and the ANC faces a careful balancing act in selling the bill without alienating the DA particularly party leader and Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen (AC Vol 65 No 15 The markets bet on Ramaphosa's grand coalition)...

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The markets bet on Ramaphosa's grand coalition

John Steenhuisen's centre-right Democratic Alliance made most of the compromises as his team negotiated over jobs and policies with President Cyril Ramaphosa and the African National Congress to keep the GNU on the road...

The following GNU members are tipped to play a key role: John Steenhuisen: Leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA) and Minister of Agriculture – a portfolio regarded as crucial to economic growth...


The centre is holding – for now

On the DA front its parliamentary chief John Steenhuisen and Helen Zille who led the party's negotiating team have a new swagger which could yet be disappointed if they fail to secure some high-powered cabinet posts in the coalition...

A combination of lost digital versions of a draft statement of intent a mislaid laptop and a cracked smartphone meant that the final version with key amendments approved by Cyril Ramaphosa and his allies in the leadership of the African National Congress had not reached Zille in time for her to give the go-ahead to DA leader John Steenhuisen to agree to the GNU deal even as the elective session was under way in parliament...


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