South Africa: The Ideology of the Democratic Alliance

Sean posts a piece on the politics of the South African opposition party, the Democratic Alliance written by Jane Duncan (a journalism professor at Rhodes University): “The DA under the leadership of Helen Zille is a political phenomenon. It is winning more hearts and minds, including in working class communities that had previously shunned the party. Many people are desperate for an electoral alternative to the ANC.”

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