Focus on farm attacks and insults to Mbali Ntuli blight DA conference
Swing to the right and hostility to inclusive change from some quarters are evident
There were no surprises in the online DA leadership election held a few days ago. The bookies must have lost big on this one. John Steenhuisen transformed his interim status by beating challenger Mbali Ntuli with a majority of monumental proportions. Helen Zille is now the permanent federal council chair, winning a comfortable majority of 69%.
However, the first, and very impressive, online party political election held in SA has been overshadowed by the publicity given to the outcome. Some issues that emerged at the conference are worthy of further analysis as they reveal dynamics concealed by the fanfare surrounding the outcome and subsequent hot takes...
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