ANC Chief Whip on Zille and Mnqasela's public spat
The contradictions in the DA are very interesting - as always. There is a lot more going on behind the scenes of the DA with Lindiwe Mazibuko's campaign. It is beyond just a mere election of a parliamentary leader in the DA.
The DA has a challenge of managing contradictions within itself. Its leader, Helen Zille, has embarked on a massive recruitment drive, targeting black voters - and one thing she forgot: membership come with diverse views. Hence the DA must be able to come up with a strategy to manage those diverse views.
It's so ridiculous that the DA aims to imitate whatever the ANC does, like their songs, history of the ANC and slogans. Unfortunately, the DA is not the ANC and it will never be the ANC. The shortcoming of Zille is that she is seen (even among her own) to be the biggest manipulator with strong features of a dictator-styled leadership hiding behind the so-called rainbow party.
I am not surprised that at last DA Member of Parliament Masizole Mnqasela (who criticised Zille for running the DA like a spaza [township] shop) has seen the light. He is now able to separate politics of desperation and moral values / principles.
The DA will never transform. Instead it will only change its colours as a party.