The article describes the DA leader as 'the man who vows to end ANC rule', but notes that his party is polling at a 'distant second place'.
The article describes the DA leader as ‘the man who vows to end ANC rule’, but notes that his party is polling at a ‘distant second place’.Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane in an article describing him in its headline as “the man who vows to end ANC rule”.
The article, by BBC international correspondent Andrew Harding, describes Maimane as a “slim 38-year old former choirboy with an easy charisma, a pastor’s resonant voice, and a reputation for unwavering politeness”. Harding describes the ANC as a party with a “relentless grip on power”, but “that after 25 years in power appears to many to have lost its way, presiding over a decade of economic stagnation and the soaring corruption known here as ‘state capture’.”
He describes the DA as “well-placed to win South Africa’s upcoming elections” only “in theory”, noting that in reality, polling shows that the DA “remains in distant second place”.“Racial nationalism” is Maimane’s reason for this, claiming that a global trend towards populism and identity politics is behind the ANC’s continued popularity.
The article quotes Nelson Mandela, who once described the DA as a party of “white bosses and black stooges”, stating that the party “has been wrestling ever since to shake off that image”.
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