Why the DA flipped in Phoenix poster fiasco

Angry leaders force Steenhuisen into embarrassing U-turn over posters uproar

THABO MOKONE, ZIMASA MATIWANE, ANDISIWE MAKINANA, KGOTHATSO MADISA and APHIWE DEKLERK

The DA took down its controversial Phoenix posters only after the party's federal executive effectively overruled leader John Steenhuisen by rejecting the campaign material and instructing KwaZulu-Natal chair Dean Macpherson to apologise to voters.This article is reserved for Sunday Times subscribers.Already subscribed? Simply sign in below.

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