LETTER: DA lost its founding principles
Once a principled party, but since 2014 its focus shifted to getting more voters
27 October 2019 - 18:15
There is so much joy and jubilation at the recent developments in the DA. A few black leaders are leaving, so the DA must be doomed. Not so. Just because a car occupies a space in your garage does not make it a Ferrari.
The DA was a principled party, committed to the principle of free enterprise, and nonracialism, intent on making SA a better place for all South Africans and proving it year after year in the Western Cape. This is what caused me to vote for its predecessors from 1960 onwards...
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