The Democratic Alliance (DA’s) Federal Congress over the past weekend was meant to project renewal. Instead, it revealed a party suspended between reinvention and repetition; eager to look forward, yet structurally anchored in its past. At one level, the DA can credibly claim generational change. From Mmusi Maimane, who became leader at just 35, to…
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Steenhuisen Steps Aside: Markets, the GNU, and the DA’s Strategic Crossroads
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Democratic Alliance (DA) Federal Leader John Steenhuisen’s decision not to seek re-election at the party’s April 2026 Federal Congress is more than a routine leadership transition. It represents a moment of strategic recalibration for South Africa’s second-largest party and introduces a fresh layer of uncertainty into the Government of National Unity (GNU) – an arrangement…
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