LETTER: DA’s policies are successful
No other political party is able to unite the moderate, nonracial centre of SA politics the way the DA can and does
Contrary to the views of Andrea Robertson, the DA’s policies are successful and are the reason the Western Cape and DA-governed municipalities around SA outperform the others in almost every metric (“DA’s failed policy — the electorate is not buying it (../2021-05-31-letter-das-failed-policy-the-electorate-is-not-buying-it/)”, May 31).
No other political party is able to unite the moderate, nonracial centre of SA politics the way the DA can and does, and the recent by-election results illustrate that. It is a concern that the DA lost four wards where small, race-based ethnic parties splintered the vote. This is concerning not only for the DA but also for SA, and it needs to be addressed, as Helen Zille has acknowledged (“Biased media fails to reflect DA’s growth (../../2021-05-26-helen-zille-biased-media-fails-to-reflect-das-growth/)”, May 26). But the DA was also able to beat the ANC and FF+ in by-elections in the same city, something no other party is able to do...
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