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The Mayoress of Cape TownDie Burgemeester van Kaapstad AND SO, Helen Zille, the Mayor of Cape Town, has been elected Leader of the Opposition in South Africa, a somewhat curious choice to head the country’s (liberal) Democratic Alliance against the current government (the ANC alliance of racial nationalists, the Communist Party, and the trade union confederation) as she is not actually a member of parliament and has stated that she has no intention of seeking election to that body. If only she would bring a little more reserve to the council chamber, a virtue she is sadly lacking (as evidenced in pictures above and below). Ms. Zille has a reputation as a bit of a go-get-em mayor, and something of a pragmatist, which is welcome, as any efforts that chip away at the rule of the noxious African National Congress are wholeheartedly welcome. And she’d have to try hard to be any worse in her new job than her noxious predecessor, ‘Tony’ Leon. While we would probably vote (depending on geography) for the Inkhata Freedom Party or the Vryheidsfront, we wish Ms. Zille luck as Leader of the Opposition. 
This post was published on Monday, May 14th, 2007 11:05 pm. It has been categorised under Cape Town Politics South Africa and been tagged under South Africa. Click here to view comments or respond.
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7:13 am
I love the Indian woman in the front row thinking to herself, “Well I didn’t vote for her, I’m not going to clap!”
1:53 am
That looks like Bertha Esbach on the left of the photo. She voted for Helen in that election (the photo was taken immediately after her election as Mayor of Cape Town). The man on the right of the photo is Ian Nielson, a great friend of mine and the real back-room-boy of the city administration. Helen says what cogs must turn, and Ian makes them turn.
I was at the Federal Congress that elected Helen leader of the party. You should have seen the celebrations after that win. We felt very little sense of reserve after that!
See here (http://www.da.org.za/DA/Site/Eng/News/Article.asp?ID=7578) for Helen’s leadership acceptance speech to get an idea of where she’s going.
8:52 am
Rob H.,
How do you know that she is Indian? Do you know her (or about her) personally?
Just curious
1:49 am
the ANC alliance of racial nationalists…
And the Freedom Front aren’t?
1:31 pm
Did anyone say they aren’t?
Don’t interpret an explanatory description as a value judgement!