Welcome to Tweet of the Week. Every Friday, I use this column to hand out an award to one person who has tweeted something of significance. There are no strict rules, only that the tweet in question must offer an important insight, define a debate (notorious or otherwise) or mark an occasion.
This week the Tweet of the Week goes to @BabaloNdenze for:"Maimane’s first policy mention: ‘But, for those who need them, we will double the grant income’. #PresidencyBudget" Profile: Babalo Ndenze is a journalist for the Sunday Times and TimesLIVE. He has about 3,500 followers on Twitter. Citation: It has been said before but it is worth saying again: where is Mmusi Maimane’s much vaunted new policy platform? In an eNCA interview with Joanne Joseph on May 11 2015, the day after his election as DA leader, Maimane was asked by Joseph: "When is the DA going to start developing its own ideas, its own identity and its own trajectory, apart from [using ANC policy as its yardstick]?" Maimane responded as follows: "I think that process started yesterday." He said: "What will happen in the next couple of weeks is that we will flesh out those values, we will add policies that go with it. In the next few weeks I will then be able to share a vision for SA." Maimane said: "A policy suite will e...
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