Makhozi may hold key to success

How pathetic. With the ANC at its most vulnerable – despite the Cyril revival – the DA had the ideal opportunity to show it can govern with clean and statesman-like leadership.

But no, it’s bogged down with internal wrangling that could have been sorted out internally without shouting it from the rooftops before a bemused electorate who voted to make the Western Cape DA territory.

The split in its ranks is reminiscent of what has befallen the ANC, with corruption and maladministration the common denominator.

The magic moment for the DA is lost. It will take a miracle and a particular brand of leadership to get it properly set for 2019.

Can this be the cue Makhosi Khoza, pictured, with her new party, African Democratic Change, has been waiting for? Can she turn the tide from traditional politics stuck with split personalities who have nothing to offer a

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