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Jacob Zuma and Helen Zille. It’s hard to think of two politicians who have been so diametrically different in the influence they have exerted on the fortunes of their respective parties.
Despite it all, Zuma seems to be loved, or at least widely forgiven. Roughly half of ANC branch members still support his faction and his discredited cronies are set to be in the majority on the ANC benches in the next Parliament. Some of it is understandable. Zille is combative, abrasive and often plain insufferable. Her gaffes on social media were often factually correct but politically explosive, leaving many of her colleagues reeling from the outrage.
Almost entirely because of Zille’s drive, the DA won control of Cape Town and the Western Cape, where it now draws 60% of the vote. Under her leadership, the province has thrived economically, and in clean governance. It is under Maimane’s direction that Zille has seen her influence deliberately curtailed and her contribution downplayed. Unlike Zuma for the ANC, Zille has not played a high-profile role in the DA’s 2019 election campaign.
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