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By Newsbreak Senior Producer Taresh Harreeparshad - Are the cracks creating tremors in the Government of National Unity? Well, the ANC has vowed to reflect on the political implications of the DA's decision to withdraw from the National Dialogue following the dismissal of its deputy minister Andrew Whitfield. The DA has also called on civil society organisations to reconsider their support for the dialogue. Last week President Cyril Ramaphosa fired Whitfield for undertaking a US trip without authorisation. But DA leader John Steenhuisen says Ramaphosa's action was unfair as he fails to act against errant ANC ministers like Nobuhle Nkabane and Thembi Simelane. Meanwhile, political analyst Prof. Dirk Kotze says that the ANC and the DA will need to meet each other- to cool down the temperatures in the GNU...

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