Newsletter| Although her public persona is tough, Helen Zille says she is actually “a softie”. “I have sometimes thought to myself, am I called all these nasty names because I am a woman? But I don’t like to default to seeing myself as a victim,' she says
Despite clashing with the DA, she remains a member of the party and wants Mmusi Maimane to be the most successful leader this country has ever seen
Zille balances a tray laden with a cup of tea, some sweeteners and an apple. It is a few minutes after 7am. She takes a long pause before saying: “No one said it was easy but no one will ever tell you how hard it is going to be. The hardest thing is when your opponents come after your children to get at you.
“Sometimes I wonder when I take a very firm position, people call me ‘abrasive’, they call me, ‘stubborn, combative.’ I haven’t heard men being called those words but I am not saying it is because I am a woman. Despite the ugliness which followed her disciplinary hearing, Zille remains a member. She is confident that the party will continue to grow.
“As long as we keep those values alive, I see huge prospects going forward although obviously less rapidly than we have seen in the past 10 years.”
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