<|begin_of_text|><|begin_of_text|><|begin_of_text|>The Democratic Alliance has been in the spotlight after the party's apparent mistaken vote for the Employment Equity Act Amendment Bill, with analysts saying the official opposition is at an ideological crossroads.
We're talking to DA parliamentary leader and head of the opposition<wm> party's team of the trade and labour federation.
Firstly, I'll start with the simple fact that the DA has indeed been closely tied to the anti-Apartheid legacy of the Nketaranga family, the Nkhum family, and possibly other groups of the ZANU PF. These groups have been in power since 1965, and the DA has historically had close ties with them for a relatively short period in our history, and that fact suggests some underlying complexities in our policy</wm> for our political alliances in power.
Our party has long-standing historical relationships with the Nkhum,