LETTER: The Maimane myth
The leader is not the first to champion diversity in the party
DA leader Mmusi Maimane is trying to create a myth that he is transforming the party by championing diversity in its ranks of public representatives. This is disingenuous. My experience in the party is one of constant efforts to appeal to, and actively recruit, people of colour into the ranks and leadership positions.
The DA became SA’s most demographically representative political party long before Maimane became a member or its leader. The drive to get most South Africans to actively support and work towards the DA’s realisation of a federal democratic government based on liberal values has never stopped...
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