DA caucus slated as too white

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Excalibur

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Durban - The composition of the *newly-elected DA caucus leadership in eThekwini has caused consternation inside and outside the party, with critics lambasting its lack of diversity.
Provincial leader and former caucus head Zwakele Mncwango said he was “disappointed” with the new structure which contains four white councillors and one Indian.

“Any leader who is serious about diversity and who understands where we come from as a country should be concerned. I would be lying to the public to say I am not. If anyone says they are not concerned, it means they do not understand where we come from as a country,” an angry Mncwango said.

DA leader Mmusi Maimane refused to comment and directed The Mercury to the provincial leader.

A DA councillor, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said he was very disappointed that the leadership structure did not have one black person and felt the party was regressing.

“There is no growth that we can realise because in areas like Durban North we have reached the ceiling. The strategic areas are the townships. With a leadership this white, it will be a difficult task.”

The elected DA councillors are: Nicole Graham, caucus leader; Heinz de Boer, deputy caucus leader; Riona Gokool, caucus chairperson; Warren Burne, deputy chairperson; and Geoff Pullan, the deputy chief whip.
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the ones complaining have a problem with race, they are the racists.
 
And this is how in-fighting starts, only worrying about the colour of a persons skin will get us nowhere
 
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access said:
the ones complaining have a problem with race, they are the racists.
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One of them (top right) has also been accused of sexual harassment by a former student of his. Great show of leadership there guys! It's not just about race, imo. But yeah this leadership is so white it's almost blinding. Thank goodness for the show of melanin in the bottom left corner.
 
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ForceFate said:
Are there laws against any number of whites meeting anywhere?
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Figure of speech.

But yes - there are limits within companies which need to maintain their BEE status. Next envisioned, whether it happens or not, is too many whites farming.

The mentality of the ANC - proven through popular vote, is one where white people need to be oppressed until black people control high positions and wealth demographically. Completely unnecessary with the 8% and dropping demographic.
 
DA love them own goals, while the color of a person's skin shouldn't matter. With a history like ours, this is just a bad move by the DA...
 
The DA just making themselves more and more irrelevant as we get closer to the elections. They have transformed too much and now they have an Identity crisis. They should stop trying to make black twitter happy. Those aren't the "clever" blacks they are BLF trolls.
 
Sigh, I long for the day when this backwater sh*thole can get over colour.
 
rietrot said:
The DA just making themselves more and more irrelevant as we get closer to the elections. They have transformed too much and now they have an Identity crisis. They should stop trying to make black twitter happy. Those aren't the "clever" blacks they are BLF trolls.
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It's not black twitter they have to worry about, it's their own members and supporters, It's not as easy as dismissing it as another black twitter noise, unless you saying no one within the DA has issues and this and everyone is happy?
 
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