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Coalition friction: DA may be pushed to replace Tshwane mayor with new candidate | News24

Ahead of a planned motion of no confidence in Tshwane Mayor Randall Williams on Thursday, the DA will likely face a strong push from coalition partners to find a different candidate to take over the running of the capital city.
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The party will likely take the same posture when meeting its coalition partners on Tuesday.

The meeting is expected to be attended by party leaders from the DA, ActionSA, ACDP, Cope and IFP.
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There will be two items on the agenda, the investment proposal and Williams' fate.
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The meeting is tomorrow, expect firefights to break out again.
 
Inertia said:
People ask what the "woke" left-wing media is about? Here it is, in all its faux-rage glory.

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‘Roadkill’ rage: Steenhuisen says his remark was just a ‘bad joke’, but activists accuse him of ‘misogyny’ and ‘hypocrisy’

While DA leader John Steenhuisen has doubled down on the ‘roadkill’ reference he made about a former partner on a lifestyle podcast last week, gender activists have accused him of being ‘hostile’ and ‘aggressive’.
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I find it funny, how one person mentioned in the article insinuated that JS' joke is somehow worse than Cele unironically saying that a woman should be lucky if raped by one man and not ten...
Co-founder and co-executive director of Sonke Gender Justice Bafana Khumalo said the organisation is “appalled by the insensitive comments” uttered by the leader of the official opposition.


“This coming from a leader who barely a few days ago launched a campaign against the minister of police who himself had uttered unfortunate statements about rape in the aftermath of the gang rape of eight women in Krugersdorp few weeks ago,” said Khumalo.


Khumalo called on Steenhuisen to apologise for his “senseless commentary” and for his party to hold him accountable. DM
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I wonder if they even watched the podcast and not just that clip. It's like with the whole "smirking" thing on Cliff's show all over again.

JS:
“I think it is more telling that the South African media have chosen to focus on one bad joke, rather than the hour-long discussion around issues facing young black South Africans, which hundreds of thousands of voters actively engaged with from across the country,” he added.
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“As a politician, I am not perfect. I make mistakes, and I may also make bad jokes. I accept that. But what this podcast has shown is that South Africans are clearly desperate to see a more honest, humane and relatable side to our politicians instead of the image that is overly curated by the media and its own agenda,” Steenhuisen told Daily Maverick.
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And the irony of the podcast... I went through the comments both on Twitter and YouTube out of curiosity, the absolute majority of commenters loved the podcast and there were those who actually considered voting DA after that (usually it's DA BAD and the usual stuff). Even in the article you posted, the comments defend JS.

So the wokes losing their **** as usual...

@Hellfest This is a perfect example of what I mentioned to you before about "heel", etc.
 
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Inertia said:
People ask what the "woke" left-wing media is about? Here it is, in all its faux-rage glory.

www.dailymaverick.co.za

‘Roadkill’ rage: Steenhuisen says his remark was just a ‘bad joke’, but activists accuse him of ‘misogyny’ and ‘hypocrisy’

While DA leader John Steenhuisen has doubled down on the ‘roadkill’ reference he made about a former partner on a lifestyle podcast last week, gender activists have accused him of being ‘hostile’ and ‘aggressive’.
www.dailymaverick.co.za www.dailymaverick.co.za
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I wondered what controversy would emerge out of that. Another celebrity got very close to being cancelled (he got **** canned for a while after the remarks and had to apologize before being let back in) for making gender insensitive remarks on that same podcast.
 
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