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OPINION | 'Ramaphosa held by horns over BELA Bill'

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  (picture://TheCitizen//)  Lurnay Tshabalala-Mavuso | Political Reporter | Politics | September 12, 2024  Ramaphosa finds himself being held by horns, as parties who are part of the GNU(Government of National Unity) and other opposition parties, are against the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill that is to be signed publicly by him tomorrow , 13 September 2024 at the Union Buildings. The signing ceremony was announced on the 11th of September by the office of the Presidency on their media site. From then this has had the likes of Steenhuisen and many others unsettled and unhappy as they are in a fight to have the bill not signed by the President.  DA's John Steenhuisen has expressed to the media that he is not happy and not in support too of this signing of the Bill. This causes a hiccup to the coalition as parties who form the GNU are questioning the intention of this signing. By many including Steenhuisen, this is viewed as Ramaphosa's way of showing them that he and