LETTER: The DA’s appeal is in its difference from the ANC
It was predictable that the new DA policy decisions would be met either by expressions of doubt or howls of outrage. Carol Paton’s views express the former, with a leap into a chasm of misunderstanding (“DA now a party for some, not all, as new policy endorses denialism (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/columnists/2020-09-08-da-now-a-party-for-some-not-all-as-new-race-policy-entrenches-denialism/)”, September 8). This arises from viewing the adoption of nonracialism in isolation, without coupling it, as logic dictates, with the DA’s new economic justice policy.
Where poverty is the real injustice, that should be the metric. The race of the poor person should be of no relevance whatsoever. Paton should rewrite her article with the complete picture in mind. The appeal of both policies, when presented to the electorate as a complete and workable programme that can be implemented by a capable and corruption-free administration, will then be clearly visible to all but t...
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