Minister Parks Tau said sending the South African delegation to United States remains the correct approach, as announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa.

South Africa’s fragile unity government has been shaken again. The country’s second-largest political party broke with partners Wednesday and voted against a national budget.

South Africa’s coalition government is on the brink of collapse after a leading party broke ranks and voted against the Finance Minister’s budget, forcing the long-ruling African National Congress to rely on smaller parties for support.