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Full report on Democratic Alliance

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The Democratic Alliance may be in crisis but the Public has short memory. And pragmatists may vote for them simply because South Africa needs an opposition party. For all the DA’s chronic and repeated flaws and lies, the awkward fact is that the ANC has more power and is thus responsible for more wrongdoing. The DA will likely decline but how hard or soft will that landing be? DA specific, the most important point is that Helen Zille is in control. Her return (although I don’t believe she was ever … Read the full article…

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Manufactured Maimane voted ANC & COPE

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“Mmusi Maimane voted ANC in 1999 and 2004 and was quite happy with Mbeki, despite the fact that the latter’s Aids denialism cost the lives of some 365,000 black people. In 2009 he voted for COPE. So it wasn’t until 2014 that he voted DA nationally. Three weeks later he became the party’s parliamentary leader, a quite absurd promotion. He was an incongruous leader, vocally rejecting the theory of evolution and thus the whole Enlightenment tradition, arguing for demographic representivity and for making race central to the DA’s notion of … Read the full article…

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Maimane quits, DA’s future uncertain

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Yesterday’s expectation was that Mmusi Maimane would quit as Leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA). That became official in a media briefing at 5.36pm today. Maimane’s convinced that the DA isn’t following it’s slogan of being one nation for all; embracing diversity that would emancipate black South Africans. He said that his difference in direction had resulted in him coming under attack from his own party members. “Despite my best efforts, the DA is not the best vehicle to build one vision for South Africa… I will step down as … Read the full article…

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