Race row rocks Western Cape DA

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Cape Town - A racial storm has erupted in the DA in the Western Cape as the party prepares to elect an acting provincial leader next weekend.

Interim leader Bonginkosi Madikizela told City Press that DA members campaigning for the position were using his race against him.

Madikizela is one of five candidates who have been nominated to fill the position left vacant by Patricia de Lille last month, albeit still on an acting basis. The DA will be electing the acting leader in Worcester on Saturday.

“There are people running around saying the party is not ready to be led by a black person because, in the Western Cape, coloured people are the majority,” Madikizela told City Press on Saturday.

“I find that hypocritical because if you look at North West, for example, 91% of the people are black, but our DA leader there is Joe McGluwa, who is a coloured person.

"In Limpopo, 93% of the people are black, but our leader there is Jacques Smalle, who is white. And in the Eastern Cape, the leader is Athol Trollip.”

Madikizela said the irony was that those using the race card to campaign against him were “not even white people”.

“They are people with a narrow agenda who are using this to campaign for their personal interests and not for the broader interests of the party.”

He warned that race-based politics would kill the party and had been a weakness in many other parties.

Former DA leader Helen Zille told City Press that she was aware of race-based campaigning in the party.

“I have always taken a very strong stand against the race card being used in the DA and I will continue doing so. I am afraid that every single time there is an advantage in South Africa for someone to play the race card, they play the race card. I am tired of it.”

According to DA sources, the real race for leadership is between Madikizela and Shaun August, a former Independent Democrats (ID) member, who is now the regional chairperson of the DA in the Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality, as well as the party’s chief whip in the City of Cape Town council.

Last month, August pleaded guilty and entered into a plea bargain with the party’s federal legal commission for failing to follow proper procurement processes with another DA councillor in sourcing T-shirts for the party’s campaign ahead of last year’s local government elections.

Sources have claimed that senior DA leaders, including Zille, who allegedly supports Madikizela, are using the T-shirt scandal against August in the campaign.
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More at: http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/race-row-rocks-cape-da-20170219-2
 
“There are people running around saying the party is not ready to be led by a black person because, in the Western Cape, coloured people are the majority,” Madikizela told City Press on Saturday.
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ponder said:
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Wiki - 2011 census results

49% of the people of the Western Cape described themselves as "Coloured",
while 33% described themselves as "Black African",
17% as "White",
and 1% as "Indian or Asian".

Afrikaans is the plurality language, spoken as the first language of 50% of the province's population. IsiXhosa is the first language of 25% of the population, while English is the first language of 20%.
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ponder said:
Which is in relation to,


But the head of the party is black.
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I think they are focussing on the WC demographics and not the national one; 49% Coloured population ergo they want a Coloured leader in the WC.

Personally I don't give a toss - best man/woman must get the post.
 
Last month, August pleaded guilty and entered into a plea bargain with the party’s federal legal commission for failing to follow proper procurement processes with another DA councillor in sourcing T-shirts for the party’s campaign ahead of last year’s local government elections.
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He shouldn't be a contender because of this.

In the private sector, this is considered a CLM at an organisation with good governance and values.
 
So this is a "he said, she said" situation over race but race IS one of the play cards in SA politics. If you want to be in politics this should be expected.
 
Sources have claimed that senior DA leaders, including Zille, who allegedly supports Madikizela, are using the T-shirt scandal against August in the campaign
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The T-shirt scandal guy must do the right thing.
 
If it gets too hot in front of the oven, get out of the kitchen. Shame, another crybaby. "They're white or coloured or pink or yellow. And I'm black." :cry: :cry::cry::cry:
 
According to DA sources, the real race for leadership is between Madikizela and Shaun August, a former Independent Democrats (ID) member, who is now the regional chairperson of the DA in the Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality, as well as the party’s chief whip in the City of Cape Town council.

Last month, August pleaded guilty and entered into a plea bargain with the party’s federal legal commission for failing to follow proper procurement processes with another DA councillor in sourcing T-shirts for the party’s campaign ahead of last year’s local government elections.
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The way things are, it looks like the position is in the bag for Madikizela.
 
So, everyone except white are black for purposes of scoring from BEE, yet not everyone is black when it suits them? Figures..
 
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