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SA needs Maimane Former DA leader Mmusi Maimane. Image: ALON SKUY Mmusi Maimane should be livid being referred to as a failed experiment. The then DA political intelligentsia, namely Tony Leon and Hellen Zille, knew they had to find a suitable “black” face, to front the party. Maimane, young, intelligent, nonracist, was the perfect candidate but too young and too inexperienced, yet they went ahead and promoted him into the insidious world of dog-eat-dog politics. They set him up to fail as they scurried off, the one to Latin America and the other into political irre...

Mmusi’s talent can’t be ignored by those tired of tribalists and unionists who destroyed SA By Letter to the Editor 9h ago Mmusi Maimane should be livid being referred to as a failed experiment. The then DA political intelligentsia, Tony Leon and Helen Zille, knew they had to find a suitable “black” face, to front the party. Mmusi, young, intelligent, non-racist, was the perfect candidate but too young, too inexperienced, yet they went ahead and promoted him into the insidious world of dog eat dog politics. They set him up to fail as they scurried off, the one to Latin A...