Your editorial opinion on what the DA supposedly needs to get its groove back was rather incoherent (DA needs to find its mojo, July 17). It starts out correctly by mentioning the DA’s victories in the 2016 local government elections, when the party was able to wrest three metropolitan municipalities away from the ANC, and how the DA has enjoyed an unmatched record of good governance and service delivery since taking the reins in the Western Cape in 2009. This is what makes the headline, and certainly the intention, of the editorial so bizarre. It failed to grasp how politics works, and how the DA responds to political challenges. It is no secret that the DA, like most major parties, has faced some challenges over the past few months, but the difference between us and others lies in how we have confronted them. The editorial cites the party’s handling of the Patricia de Lille matter as an example of why the DA is "losing ground", but nothing is further from the truth. The DA underst...
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