BREAKING | Helen Zille wins DA federal council chair

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Who knows. I really hope not. Say what you want about the guy, **** works when he is around. Best mayor in South Africa by far.
 
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Hamster said:
Who knows. I really hope not. Say what you want about the guy, **** works when he is around. Best mayor in South Africa by far.
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The general tone of the ‘opposition’ now more open towards Helen Zille, some congratulating her on social media. It is obvious that they can’t show divide after the fact of Zille being elected. I guess there was a lot of hot air going into this affair for aligning their identity.

This should stop:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1185812313011576832

and Zille did state:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1185885462319288325

In my opinion, some people did behave a bit childish in this process.
 
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How's Maimane's Harvard application coming along?
 
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https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/art...tay-in-my-lane-after-winning-new-da-position/
“I will stay in my lane. This is a job that coordinates the different structures, functions, systems and processes of the DA,” said Zille in a press briefing after her election.

Zille, who led the party from 2007 to 2015, has said the party lost support in the May 2019 general elections due to its “race-based politics” and is widely seen as a leader of the opposition to Maimane’s efforts to embrace policies linking race to historical redress.

“I think people are worried that I won’t stay in my lane and I think the problem is many people have only seen me in a leadership position,” said Zille.

“I can manage something and I can clean the toilets,” she said, referring to former federal council chairperson James Selfe’s claim that the job is akin to a toilet cleaner.

On Sunday, Zille said she would support Maimane and work behind the scenes to implement the party’s vision.
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Looks like there is now more than two factions in the DA.
 
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Why would anyone leave the DA on account of Zille - she hid Umkhonto we Sizwe fighters in her house during apartheid and blew the lid on the Chris Hani murder.
 
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Why would anyone leave the DA on account of Zille - she hid Umkhonto we Sizwe fighters in her house during apartheid and blew the lid on the Chris Hani murder.
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Reform is different from then and now.

I will say this, Zille is a true patriot of Constitutional Democracy. It is in her arguments, but she must not have that argument with the public as it is countering the public interest. She must practice and exercise it through policy, and her new position is best suited for doing so.

Zille actually wants reform, but she wants reform done right. She and de Lille were long-time partners for reform initiatives until things turned visibly political.
 
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Maybe she can get the damn street lights in Pretoria working again!!
 
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