EDITORIAL: DA needs to get its house in order — for SA’s sake
Herman Mashaba’s resignation is the latest sign of trouble in the opposition ranks
22 October 2019 - 05:10
SA’s worst-kept secret finally came out into the open on Monday with the confirmation that Herman Mashaba will leave his position as the mayor of Johannesburg and quit the DA. And the timing can’t be worse for the beleaguered party.
Mashaba forfeits the mayoral chain only three years after the DA wrested control of the city from the ANC, with the help of opposition parties disgusted by the governing party’s moral bankruptcy under former president Jacob Zuma. ..
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