BREAKING | Helen Zille wins DA federal council chair

[Vrotappel]

BREAKING | Helen Zille wins DA federal council chair

Former DA leader Helen Zille has won the race to be the DA's new federal council chairperson, completing a dramatic comeback within the party she once led.

 

[Vrotappel]

Well done.

 

[genetic]

Good. She's the best thing that ever happened to the DA.

 

[MidnightWizard]

Good. She's the best thing that ever happened to the DA.

I thought that you were watching -- the RUGBY ?
Relax se voet

 

[genetic]

I thought that you were watching -- the RUGBY ?
Relax se voet

Helen Zille is the reason the DA succeeded they way it did under her control.

Next to Mandela, she is probably the best leader that SA ever had.

 

[grok]

Finally we can vote DA again..

 

[Polymathic]

Big win for the EFF

 

[Hamster]

Now replace Maimane with Mashaba.

 

[TheChamp]

Now replace Maimane with Mashaba.

Mashaba is part of the ANC lite cabal.

 

[Hamster]

Mashaba is part of the ANC lite cabal.

I thought it was was the EFF

 

[RonSwanson]

Quite shocking that there aren't any decent men in the DA worth voting for.

 

[ForceFate]

Quite shocking that there aren't any decent men in the DA worth voting for.

She replaced a man

 

[RonSwanson]

She replaced a man

My point exactly.

 

[ForceFate]

My point exactly.

She's influential. She has backing of the behind-the-scenes donors.

 

[Priapus]

So what does this mean for her - is she top boss of the party?

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

Quite shocking that there aren't any decent men in the DA worth voting for.

they have all left the country

 

[Priapus]

So what does this mean for her - is she top boss of the party?

Never mind:

"The federal council chair position is likened in the DA to the role of a CEO in a company or secretary-general in other parties"

 

[TheChamp]

Never mind:

"The federal council chair position is likened in the DA to the role of a CEO in a
or secretary-general in other parties"

But there is still a CEO position that was recently vacated, just to make things interesting.

 

[BBSA]

Seems like most of the EFF minded peeps having a meltdown or has fainted

 

[Fulcrum29]

Now replace Maimane with Mashaba.

Isn't Mashaba on his way out?

Mashaba: I’ll leave if DA is taken over by right-wing elements

Herman Mashaba touched on a number of thorny issues within the DA including transformation, his thoughts on leader Mmusi Maimane, as well as the post of federal council chair.

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MASHABA: I’LL LEAVE IF DA IS TAKEN OVER BY RIGHT-WING ELEMENTS

Herman Mashaba touched on a number of thorny issues within the DA including transformation, his thoughts on leader Mmusi Maimane, as well as the post of federal council chair.

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“If the DA is going to be taken over by right-wing elements, I am out of there.”

Masango asked Mashaba if he would consider joining the Economic Freedom Fighters, and stressed that the mayor didn’t deny that he could leave the DA.

“If the DA is taken over by the Institute of Race Relations, I would not want to be associated with such an organisation.”