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'I did not backstab Mmusi Maimane': New DA interim leader John Steenhuisen

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JohnSteenhuisen 'I have never backstabbed Mr Maimane. I served as his chief whip, I served him loyally and I served him well right up until the end.'

Steenhuisen was speaking just a few minutes after being elected by 75% of the delegates of the party's federal council.“I will dedicate every ounce of my fibre and my being and my energy to restoring our party to glory and taking us back on to the path to victory,” said Steenhuisen.

“We have got to turn the setback of the last election into the biggest comeback in SA politics. That means we have to be a party built on organic authenticity, it means we have to put down genuine roots into every community in SA,” he said. “You don’t need to resort to crude racial classification to do so. We can target redress policies directly where they need to be, at the poorest in our society, almost all of whom happen to be black South Africans.

 

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