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Today’s DA scandal is in Oudtshoorn

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Today’s Democratic Alliance (DA) scandal is in the political disaster town of Oudtshoorn in the Western Cape. The DA seeks to remove DA Mayor Colan Sylvester. The DA Federal Legal Commission will decide his fate. It cannot be comforting for Sylvester knowing that the Federal Legal Commission sometimes acts as a hit squad for a faction within the DA Federal Council, and their provincial underlings. Is this another move to preserve the power of that faction which includes Helen Zille, Allan Winde, Anton Bredell and Bonginkosi Madikizela? OUDTSHOORN CONFLICT The … Read the full article…

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Ensuring DA power in hands of the few

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The review of the Democratic Alliance by Tony Leon, Ryan Coetzee and Michiel Le Roux changed the party as we know it. Some might see it as the liberals defeating the socialists or whites defeating blacks – I don’t. I consider it about money and power, not ideology. Although Helen Zille is likely the hammer for the organisation’s funders, it could be called her coup d’état. Of course, the attribute for a coup is lack of democracy but I argue that the vote for her was less important than the … Read the full article…

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The DA’s extreme arrogance versus Public in extremis

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“The thought of returning to live in Knysna turns my stomach. The energy there is seriously dark and disturbing. The DA have turned this fabulous town into an appalling parody of politics, estranging an entire town and tainting so many years of careful crafting and building of the brand. This selfe-made debacle will be the trigger that implodes the DA country-wide. Even in the face of such enormous public pressure to back down, the DA’s hubris and arrogance, so ingrained, will be the cosh that delivers the knockout blow…” Those … Read the full article…

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