The Democratic Alliance, a party known for its commitment to ethical governance, now faces challenges following the Resolve Communications saga.
Political analyst Zakhele Ndlovu said there was nothing legally wrong with capitalists influencing ministers to change government policies to suit their business interests as they spent millions of rand funding political parties to achieve that, but the DA had lost its moral high ground.
Ndlovu, from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, said the DA can no longer claim the moral high ground regarding clean governance and transparency following a revelation by its former leader, John Steenhuisen.
Tony Leon, Resolve Communications chairperson and former DA leader, is accused of exposing the party's ministers to business pressure to change policies.
In a recent interview with News24, Steenhuisen revealed that DA ministers within the Government of National Unity (GNU) faced pressure from specific business interests to alter policies.
