Writing the 2019 Elections: In the end SA politics is all about race — again By Ismail Lagardien
, when the latter spoke of coloured people being over-concentrated in the Western Cape. The ANC has always had the intention of “busing” people into areas where “non-Africans” may be in a majority.
When compared to the ANC and EFF, and if we can actually ignore numbers, quotas and history, the DA is probably the more non-racial party. That the body of its top leadership is white does not help the DA. That it does not seem to be making great strides in the “black African” community is a burden the DA has to either live with or deal with urgently. The party has two immediate problems in the 8 May election.
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