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The Patriotic Alliance’s withdrawal from coalition talks didn’t weaken the DA, it weakened the SA public’s chances of getting a clean, well-run administration in a major metro like Johannesburg (“PA withdrawal weakens DA ahead of coalition deadline”, November 16).
The PA has sold us all down the river. Of course, people could just get together and vote for the official opposition and see the ANC booted out forever, but when will that ever happen in this increasingly divided country?
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LETTER: Patriotic Alliance betrayed public
The Patriotic Alliance’s withdrawal from coalition talks didn’t weaken the DA, it weakened the SA public’s chances of getting a clean, well-run administration in a major metro like Johannesburg (“PA withdrawal weakens DA ahead of coalition deadline”, November 16).
The PA has sold us all down the river. Of course, people could just get together and vote for the official opposition and see the ANC booted out forever, but when will that ever happen in this increasingly divided country?
Mark Crozier
Via BusinessLIVE
JOIN THE DISCUSSION: Send us an e-mail with your comments to letters@businesslive.co.za. Letters of more than 300 words will be edited for length. Anonymous correspondence will not be published. Writers should include a daytime telephone number.
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