The center-right Democratic Alliance (DA) threatened to exit South Africa's coalition government if President Cyril Ramaphosa signs an unamended version of the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) into law following a statement from the presidency that Ramaphosa will sign the bill Sept. 13, News 24 reported Sept. 11. DA leader and Agriculture Minister John Steehuisen said that a priority for the government should be to establish a dispute resolution mechanism to settle disagreements between the coalition government's different parties.