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Ideas must trump race for democracy to survive
DA leader Helen Zille neatly sums up the underlying challenge to the sustainability of South Africa’s democracy in “SA Today”, her weekly newsletter: Breaking the racial logjam is essential for democracy in South Africa to survive. If elections are always … Continue reading
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How corruption sustains the ANC – and is killing our democracy
Official opposition leader Helen Zille’s latest weekly newsletter offers up an essential analysis of why corruption within the ANC is endemic and how its deep, poisonous tentacles are steadily strangling South Africa’s constitutional democracy. Read it below: Why Zuma couldn’t … Continue reading
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Travelling down the DA’s Country Road
Early last year I complained that the DA’s image was too rich, too old, too white. I wrote, “Clearly brand DA is in need of a major overhaul, a major injection of cool. Its fusty look is rather reminiscent of … Continue reading
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ANC will savage any opposition to its bid for perpetual rule
Leaked plans by the ANC to destabilise and distract from opposition leader Helen Zille from fulfilling her duties as premier of the Western Cape shows the contempt that our ruling party has for democracy. After several years of the ANC’s … Continue reading
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Sleeping around goes viral
Profundities expressed by the ANC’s Youth League spokesman have become a popular hit online, with the recording of his conversation with talk show host Redi Direko having already over 12000 hits. Watch it here.
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“Two-thirds gevaar” was reasoned, not racist
In a recent ANC Today, President Kgalema Motlanthe rehashes an article he wrote in the run up to the 1999 elections in which he criticised the then DP’s calls to prevent a two-thirds majority as “a fear of democracy”. In … Continue reading
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Zille is Western Cape premier candidate
Helen Zille, the leader of the DA and the current mayor of Cape Town, announced this morning that she will be her party’s Western Cape premier candidate in the upcoming elections. Her governance track record in Cape Town is strong … Continue reading
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Talking points at the National Convention
The first day of Lekota’s National Convention has passed and, by all accounts, been a success, with almost 5000 delegates in attendance. On the convention’s website, there is a useful summary of what the speakers said (a list that includes … Continue reading
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Zille is World Mayor
On Tuesday it was announced that Helen Zille, leader of the Democratic Alliance and mayor of Cape Town, has been awarded this year’s World Mayor prize by an urban affairs think tank, City Mayors. This is a fantastic acknowledgement of … Continue reading
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Hitting the right note with the electorate
The official opposition has called for the upcoming general elections to be scrapped and for them to be replaced with Politics Idols – a singing competition with one singer participating from each political party. This comes after Helen Zille’s stirring … Continue reading
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