The Democratic Alliance: Prospects for “liberalism” in South Africa

A weekend ago South Africa witnessed the main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), elect a Black leader as its head. We witnessed, in his inaugural speech, a defiant Mmusi Maimane respond to many of his critics. The elected leader cast doubt on criticisms that he was a briefcase, or a ‘garden boy’, for this …

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