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John Henry Steenhuisen

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


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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...


Choices get starker after the ANC vote crash

But others fear that there will be major push-back from elements in the party who see the DA of Helen Zille and John Steenhuisen as representing white interests and unable to retain black leaders despite its multi-racial rank-and-file (AC Vol 61 No 4 Opposition in flux)...

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A reckoning for the Ramaphosa party

The four major parties in contention are the ANC; the centre-right Democratic Alliance (DA) headed by John Steenhuisen and Helen Zille; Julius Malema's populist EFF; and Zuma's MK party...


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