The DA unveils its 2019 manifesto - the manifesto for change, it says!

SOUTH AFRICA - Report 26 Feb 2019 by Iraj Abedian

The Democratic Alliance (DA), led by Mmusi Maimane, launched its 2019 National Elections manifesto on Saturday, February 23, 2019. The DA remains South Africa’s biggest opposition party, but its “appeal” started to slowly fizzle out after it was beset by problems since the 2016 local government elections (problems such as the water crisis and the leadership battle in Cape Town, the party’s most solid metropolitan support base). The party governs several major metropolitan municipalities in the country either through outright majorities or coalitions with other opposition parties and draws its support largely from Afrikaans and English-speaking people. Ironically, its coalition partner is the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in key metropolitan centers such as Johannesburg and Tshwane (Pretoria).

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