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South Africa: Official Opposition Elects First Black Leader
News24Wire, 10 May 2015
Democratic Alliance parliamentary leader Mmusi Maimane was elected as the new head of the opposition party, at the party's congress in Port Elizabeth on Sunday. Read more »
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South Africa: Maimane - No Place in the DA for Those Who Seek to Divide
News24Wire, 10 May 2015
The newly elected Democratic Alliance leader did not beat around the bush when he told delegates and media on Sunday that there will be no room in the party for "those who seek to… Read more »
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South Africa: Verwoerd Comment Overshadows Zille's Last Dance
News24Wire, 9 May 2015
A comment by veteran journalist Allister Sparks on apartheid-era prime minister Hendrik Verwoerd overshadowed outgoing DA leader Helen Zille's "last dance" for the party on… Read more »
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South Africa: Court Orders Broadcaster to Air Opposition Congress
News24Wire, 8 May 2015
The High Court in Johannesburg has ordered the SABC to provide live coverage of the DA's federal congress in Port Elizabeth, the party said on Friday night. Read more »
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South Africa: We Are a Diverse Leadership - Maimane
News24Wire, 10 May 2015
The newly elected leadership of the Democratic Alliance is diverse, and represents the values of late former president Nelson Mandela, party leader Mmusi Maimane said on Sunday. Read more »
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South Africa: Who Can Fill South African Opposition Leader's Shoes?
DW, 8 May 2015
This weekend, South Africa's biggest opposition party, Democratic Alliance (DA) will elect a new leader. Anti-apartheid activist Helen Zille has chosen not to run again, which… Read more »
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South Africa: Maimane Stresses 'Values' In Victory Speech
DA, 10 May 2015
Friends, colleagues, fellow Democrats, Bagaetsho, Dumelang. Read more »
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South Africa: Announcement of DA Federal Leadership
DA, 10 May 2015
The Democratic Alliance held its sixth Federal Congress this weekend, 9 and 10 May 2015, at the Boardwalk Convention Centre in Nelson Mandela Bay. Read more »
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South Africa: Opposition Leader Zille's Swansong
DA, 9 May 2015
A speech delivered by DA Federal Leader, Helen Zille, to the party's Federal Congress delegates at the Boardwalk Convention Centre in Nelson Mandela Bay: Read more »
South Africa's Official Opposition Elects Black Leader
"If you don't see that I'm black, then you don't see me," says the first black leader of South Africa's Official Opposition in Parliament. But, he added in a speech accepting election, "this doesn't mean our skin colour must define us forever."
Mmusi Maimane, seen on the campaign trail, has been elected leader of South Africa's Democratic Alliance, which as the second biggest party is the Official Opposition in Parliament.
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According to the Zimbabwe Standard's Perry Munzembiri, Mmusi Maimane's election as leader of the Democratic Alliance is "a representation of the progressive South African dream the ... Read more »
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Helen Zille has led the Democratic Alliance for eight years, and Sunday's announcement that she will not run for re-election came as a surprise, writes Greg Nicolson for Daily ... Read more »
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