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South Africa’s emerging coalition paradigm
THIS year marks the 20th anniversary of South Africa’s first democratic election. The upcoming general election to be held on a date still to be announced during the April–July 2014 period could...
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All about that Mamphela Kiss
THERE is so much that can be read into a kiss. In politics kisses can signal anything from rapprochement with an enemy, to the birth of a party. The historic kiss between Helen Zille, leader of the...
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Will the DA ever grow up?
WHEN a political conservative of the stature of RW Johnson starts attacking you, then you know you must be doing something right. In 2010 73 prominent writers and academics wrote letters complaining...
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DA quest for power hits an insurmountable obstacle
WHEN the leader of South Africa’s opposition announced that Agang founder, Mamphela Ramphele would be the alliance’s presidential candidate, she had other opposition parties like the Congress of the...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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DA kiss which went too far
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...
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