DA’s 2019 gamble as party boots Zille

By failing to remove Helen Zille from all positions of power, the DA may have fatally damaged its Project 2019 campaign to oust the ANC from government through the ballot box, say political analysts. Elvis Masoga said the compromise reached by the DA and its former leader, which resulted in Zille agreeing to relinquish her positions on all decision-making structures in the party, would not immediately address the official opposition’s challenges.

The DA and Zille also agreed that she sees out her last two years as premier of the Western Cape.

Analyst Andre Duvenhage said the DA must grow its support among lapsed ANC supporters, who would have been expecting the DA to “take much stronger action” against Zille in respect of her tweets about colonialism. – Citizen reporter