Western Cape DA leader Bonginkosi Madikizela will not stand for federal leadership position

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“You can only withdraw if you threw your name in in the first place.”

In his letter, addressed to constituency heads, regional chairpersons and mayors, Madikizela said the DA had suffered “a minor setback” in 2019 and was facing challenges, “but we are not in crisis as some alarmists claim”.

He said the party's post-election review report had, to a large extent, diagnosed some of the problems. “I don’t agree with everything in it but by and large it's a true reflection of why we are haemorrhaging. In our effort to lure many supporters from elusive constituencies, some of us resorted to populist rhetoric,” he said.

 

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