It's remarkable how much of a shitstorm Twitter creates when in the hands of politicians - with serious costs for the rest of us.
Helen Zille, premier of the Western Cape province and former leader of the opposition Democratic Alliance's (DA), is - according to her acolytes in the press and most of white South African Facebook followers - irredeemably insightful, strong, lover of truth, seeker after justice, Biko champion and barely a whisker away from being canonised.
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