Mmusi Maimane has survived his first week as leader of the Democratic Alliance and we can only hope the signs of his surviving these first few days mean good things to come for SA.
What happens when a politician opens the Twitter floor for an hour and fields questions on his personal account? Come now, you know how this plays out.
We were surprised to hear that some people don’t know Mmusi’s wife is white. We’re also bemused that it’s even an issue – is the DA not the face of the new South Africa?
Yesterday’s announcement of Mmusi Maimane as the new leader of the DA may not have been a surprise, but that didn’t stop people celebrating wildly when the news was made official.
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There were a few lessons to be learnt from Monday’s televised DA debate, and Mmusi Maimane raised a few issues that set tongues wagging.
There’s nothing like a vicious rumour of a sex scandal to start your month, is there? This time it’s for five of the top DA leaders, but the timing is far too good.
It takes a brave man to battle Mmusi Maimane live on TV, but it seems Wilmot James is up to the task. This should be somewhat interesting.
We know that Mmusi isn’t afraid to stand up to Jacob Zuma, given his eloquent attack in the aftermath of the State of the Nation fiasco, but he may yet have a few more tricks up his sleeve.
Julius Malema used his opportunity to address white farmers in the Western Cape to impart some advice about their need to chillax. It went down better than you might think.
Here is Mmusi Maimane speaking some great words of wisdom and explaining to the general public why Zuma is not the great man everyone seems to think he is.
The DA’s march against Cosatu in the Johannesburg city centre became violent earlier. Cosatu members allegedly stormed the march and rocks were thrown. In the process, DA supporters and a journalist from the Mail & Guardian were injured after being hit with stones.