THERE has been quite a bit of commentary online about the kiss which went too far, namely the failed merger between Agang and the DA. With Cape Times columnist Max du Preez uncharacteristically calling it the "kiss of death" — the criticism,...
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The right-wing coalition that has South African women worried
IT WAS bound to happen. With the collapse of the DA/Agang coalition, a new opposition coalition has stepped into the breach. This time it looks decidedly misogynistic and woman unfriendly. The Collective for Democracy (CFD) which formed in December last year has been under the radar until now. Wi...
Zille’s deal-breaker – the moment which changed the DA forever
A WEEK in South African politics is like a lifetime in the developing world. What started out as the "game-changing" realignment of South Africa's major opposition party, the Democratic Alliance, soon descended into acrimony and mudslinging with party leader Helen Zille fielding questions about t...
DA flip-flop: sequence of events
January 28 2014 at 10:18 am: DA announced that Mamphela Alleta Ramphele will be South Africa's first black female presidential nomination. They announce the setting up of a joint technical committee to manage the merger of the two parties. January 29 2014 at 01:31 pm: Agang party members call fo...
DA ultimatum to nowhere
ULTIMATUMS usually end badly, especially in politics The Democratic Alliance's pushing and shoving of presidential candidate Mamphela Ramphele this week, which saw the alliance forcing South Africa's first black female presidential nomination to walk the plank on Monday, does not bode well for S...
That sweetheart deal which caused all the pain
NEWS is emerging of the sweet-heart deal between the DA and Agang which got scuppered over the weekend. According to the Mail & Guardian, DA party leader Helen Zille says Mamphela Ramphele of Agang had agreed in principle that "Agang's branches and structures" would be folded into the Democratic...