Lindiwe Mazibuko still has a major role to play, says Zille
But blows the cover on ‘Madam Leader’
Western Cape Premier and former DA leader Helen Zille says the party’s former parliamentary leader Lindiwe Mazibuko can still play a major role in SA politics. Zille said at the launch of her autobiography, Not Without a Fight, at the Cape Town press club that Mazibuko — who controversially left her position in 2014 and is now a resident fellow of the Harvard Institute of Politics in the US — could still play a key role in the DA’s future. "Yes (she can still play a role) … Lindiwe is one of the most talented, able, and articulate brains in SA," Zille said. In her book, Zille discusses at length her decision to back Mazibuko for the parliamentary leadership against the then incumbent, Athol Trollip. Zille admits she was wrong, and suggests Mazibuko, who was 31 when she won the parliamentary leadership race in 2011, might have been too young and inexperienced for the position. In her book, Zille describes the parliamentary leadership race as "divisive" from the outset — there was "bl...
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