Spread This NewsBloomberg South Africa’s parliament approved a key piece of budget legislation despite objections from the second-biggest party in the coalition government, raising the risk of the alliance unravelling.

South Africa ‘s fragile unity government was shaken again Wednesday as the country’s second-largest political party broke with partners and voted against a national budget. The Democratic Alliance, which joined the government after the long-ruling African National Congress lost its parliamentary majority last year,

South Africa's Democratic Alliance (DA) party on Wednesday rejected the country's contested budget as lawmakers gathered to vote on it in parliament. The budget has been the sternest test of the broad