EDITORIAL: Battle for Gauteng reveals DA’s cracks
The fact that some of its members helped hand Joburg back to the ANC means it has failed in its role as the official opposition
10 December 2019 - 05:10
In a year filled with lows, the first week of December proved exceptionally trying for the DA as the most significant gains made during the 2016 local government elections were reversed in a matter of days.
First SA’s economic heartland of Johannesburg, which it had governed via a coalition, went back to the ANC on Wednesday as some of its erstwhile coalition partners — as well as some of its own councillors — turned on the DA and supported Geoff Makhubo’s candidature as mayor...
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