South Africa: At a Crossroads, Maimane and Mashaba Choose Different Paths to Political Future

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Herman Mashaba and Mmusi Maimane left the Democratic Alliance together three months ago, but on the eve of Mashaba's launching a political party, their paths seem to have diverged.

There were rumblings over the weekend of a fallout between former DA leader Mmusi Maimane and the party's former Joburg mayor Herman Mashaba. They walked out of the party together in October, severely disgruntled, shortly after the return of former leader Helen Zille to the position of federal council chair.

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