JOHN STEENHUISEN: DA is ready to govern
Contrary to recent opinion, the DA can and will get more votes, because we deliver on the things voters care most about: jobs, service delivery and honest government
The title of Justice Malala’s column, "Why Can’t the DA Get More Votes? (https://www.businesslive.co.za/fm/opinion/home-and-abroad/2021-05-27-justice-malala-why-cant-the-da-get-more-votes/)", is misleading and inappropriate.
It drives a false and damaging narrative that the DA can’t grow. This is not true. Of course the DA can grow — and it will have to if SA’s decline is to be arrested. It is the only political "magnet" strong enough to unite voters in the moderate, nonracial, law-abiding centre of the political landscape. It is the only party with the size, structures, systems and policies to offer a credible alternative. And it is the only party with a solid track record of good, honest delivery in government...
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