THE televised debate between Democratic Alliance (DA) leader hopefuls Mmusi Maimane and Wilmot James will boost the party’s appeal only to undecided voters ahead of next year’s local government elections and in the run-up to 2019’s national poll.This is according to political analyst Susan Booysen.The two DA hopefuls will face off for the top position at this weekend’s federal congress. This comes after Western Cape Premier Helen Zille announced in April that she would not stand for re-election.During a debate broadcast on kykNET’s current affairs show, Insig, on Monday evening, Mr Maimane and Mr James discussed the state of SA, as well as the party’s prospects if one of them came out victorious.During the debate a visibly confident Mr Maimane said under his leadership the DA would communicate "a vision for an inclusive economy and a nonracial SA". The DA would attract activists who "stand for real issues that South Africans are concerned about", he added.A calm Mr James said he wou...
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