With less than 11 weeks to go in the job, Western Cape Premier Helen Zille is a difficult person to get hold of. She’s rushing to and from meetings.
“The best thing is I can work while I’m being driven. Never have to worry about parking.
“It’s almost as if someone says you only have 11 weeks of your life — what are you going to pack into it? But there’s so much to do in such a short time.” Although a fierce combatant with her political foes, Zille says she believes in playing hard but fair. On the night the Democratic Alliance swept to victory in Cape Town in the 2006 local government elections, which made Zille mayor of her adopted hometown, she and her party celebrated victory at the Independent Electoral Commission’s offices in Bellville. But she will also be remembered for hugging and consoling the losing ANC mayoral incumbent, Nomaindia Mfeketo.
Asked whether she has had handover meetings with her possible replacement, DA Western Cape premier candidate Alan Winde, Zille doesn’t want to predict election outcomes. “We mustn’t get ahead of ourselves. I don’t like to jinx elections.”But there’s also the Zille who throws caution to the wind. So whether she’s dancing to“I’m tough. And we didn’t understand that the internet and social media would bring out the worst in social media,” she says.
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