Steenhuisen massages figures after painful surrender
What really happened in 2024’s election was the vote for corruption, unemployment and low growth was split
After the sacking of former trade, industry & competition deputy minister Andrew Whitfield (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/national/2025-06-26-cyril-ramaphosa-fires-da-deputy-minister-of-trade-andrew-whitfield/) for unauthorised travel last week, DA leader John Steenhuisen was all thunder and lightning when he gave President Cyril Ramaphosa just 48 hours (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/national/2025-06-26-da-issues-ultimatum-over-axing-of-andrew-whitfield/) to fire a string of errant ANC ministers or suffer the consequences of “the greatest political mistake in modern SA history”.
Amazingly, words still mean something to South Africans, and for a moment there he held the country in his hands. ..
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