LETTER: DA is a sinking ship
The real opposition has now become clear and the DA should do the honourable thing and disband
October’s local government election will be SA’s sixth, and 2024’s general election our seventh. The DA was invited by president Nelson Mandela, at great cost to himself and his party, to be part of the new government of national unity in 1994.
Only two parties accepted this invitation, the NP and IFP, and former president FW de Klerk became one of the two deputy presidents. The NP was also awarded six ministerial posts, among them Pik Botha, Dawie de Villiers, Leon Wessels and Roelf Meyer. The IFP got three ministerial posts and Mangosuthu Buthelezi even acted as president when none of the top three was available...
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