DA’s leadership shake-up fails to stem losses in crucial Mamusa by-election
The by-election results highlight the uphill battle the DA faces ahead of the 2021 local government elections
16 January 2020 - 20:51
The DA has again failed to stem the loss of white Afrikaans-speaking voters to the Freedom Front Plus (FF+) despite its drastic leadership changes in 2019.
After losing a significant number of votes to the FF+ in the 2019 general elections, the party underwent a review process which paved the way for the dramatic resignation of its leader, Mmusi Maimane, and former Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba. ..
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