There’s an update to story below from our partners, the Financial Times of London, which was published yesterday. Last night, Dr Mpho Phalatse, the new DA mayor of Johannesburg, confirmed her 10-seat executive team – three of whom are from Herman Mashaba’s ActionSA. The DA itself has four seats and there’s one each for other allies the IFP, FF+ and ACDP.
That development confirms the powerful message to the world from Europe’s most influential title – businessman, free marketeer and political maverick (and BNIC#1 opening act) Herman Mashaba has arrived on the SA political stage. In a big way.
It’s impossible to over-estimate how this kind of coverage impacts the psyche of SA’s would-be friends in the democratic world. Until now, the West was resigned to the country being run by a corrupt former liberation movement that, in a crunch, could rely on the support of hard-line socialists. Suddenly a credible alternative to that depressing scenario has emerged. Hope springs.
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