Zille wouldn’t greet me: Maimane on bad blood, claims top presidential spot

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The leader of Build One SA, Mmusi Maimane, says Helen Zille is not on good terms with him and alleges bad treatment by the DA. Maimane said when he left the DA he was treated like a leper and the party was committed to building a minority party.
Maimane resigned from the DA in 2019 after the election of Zille as the party’s federal council chair.
The former DA leader claimed that the numbers indicate he is in the top five of the political leaders in South Africa, counting Cyril, himself, Julius Malema and Helen Zille. “The choice you will have to make next year on who you want as your president effectively now becomes CR [Cyril Ramaphosa], myself, Julius [Malema] and maybe John [Steenhuisen].”
Maimane was in a wide-ranging podcast interview on Taking the Rams by the Horns hosted by Rams Mabote.
27 Oct 2023 4AM English South Africa News · Daily News

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