John Steenhuisen, the DA’s chief whip, speaks to Business Day TV about today’s countrywide marches and whether they are likely to effect change BUSINESS DAY TV: Thousands of South Africans stood up and took to the streets today from the small village of Nottingham Road in KwaZulu-Natal to the Sandton business capital, to the Union Buildings in Pretoria, in a spirit of joyous unity they called for Jacob Zuma to quit. On the line now from Durban to give his view on the marches is John Steenhuisen, the chief Whip of the DA. John welcome, are you happy with the turnout today? JOHN STEENHUISEN: Yes, we’re delighted with the turnout today, it’s been absolutely amazing and overwhelming to see the number of people that have come out and also the diversity of the crowds. People across the political spectrum, across civil society, across religious groupings coming together and standing together, I think for the first time that we’ve seen in post-1994 SA. BDTV: Yes it really felt as if we were...
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