WHILE prior to the recent local elections it was unthinkable that the ANC could be removed from national government as early as 2019‚ it is now conceivable‚ says Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Mmusi Maimane.Speaking after a two-day meeting of the DA’s federal executive in Cape Town‚ Maimane announced the DA’s "Road to 2019" campaign – a permanent campaign which he said would begin now and run for the next roughly 1‚000 days up to the 2019 national election."Our ‘Road to 2019’ campaign consists of a long term‚ comprehensive plan of action to achieve our goal of being part of a national government in 2019‚" he said.He added that the federal executive (FedEx) had noted that in order to achieve its 2019 objectives‚ the party needed to accelerate its efforts to become an activist driven party."This will require a deliberate programme to strengthen branches and activists‚ so that our party is in permanent campaign mode in every community between now and 2019."The FedEx has sent the messa...
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