
White, liberal and ‘civilised’? The DA wants you
Recent developments in the party show that politically active black people are welcome only if they don’t dare to think for themselves and are prepared to follow, not lead.
Recent developments in the party show that politically active black people are welcome only if they don’t dare to think for themselves and are prepared to follow, not lead.
With the resignation of its top leaders, values are swiftly shifting for South Africa’s main opposition party, reinforcing perceptions that it cannot abide black people in power.
Solly Mapaila gave three key reasons why his party remains allied to the ANC, despite significant organisations of the working class and the poor breaking with the ruling party.
In the last weekend before elections, the two largest opposition parties, the DA and EFF, reminded voters of their respective manifesto promises. United on ANC corruption, they are poles apart on almost everything else.