Most analysts trace the DA’s policy turn to the political ascent of Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba
An election campaign poster for the DA on poles in Pretoria, April 18 2019. Picture: WALDO SWIGERS/BLOOMBERG
“Secure our borders” reads a campaign poster of the DA. Its spokesperson on immigration proposes a “humane” deportation programme for undocumented migrants he says are a major source of crime and who take welfare checks and anti-AIDS drugs meant for South Africans. Anti-foreigner violence led to more than 60 deaths and 50,000 being made homeless in 2008 when footage of a Mozambican man being doused in petrol and burnt to death made international headlines. Similar violence has regularly resurfaced since, including this year in Durban.The dilemma for the two parties is renewed interest in the ANC after the popular Cyril Ramaphosa replaced Zuma as president in 2018 and pledged to crack down on corruption.
In March, EFF spokesperson Mbuyiseni Ndlozi accused former finance minister Trevor Manuel, who is mixed race, of facilitating the appointment of another mixed-race South African as head of the revenue service because of business and family ties. Manuel has denied the allegation and threatened legal action. Ndlozi did not answer calls made to his cellphone.
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