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South Africa's potential kingmakers struggle with white image Jun 2, 2024 01:10AM

By Joe Bavier and Wendell Roelf

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Looking out of his window at Cape Town's False Bay, Nick Searra acknowledges that things do work better in South Africa's second biggest city, a stronghold of the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA).

But that doesn't mean he is ready to see the party or its 48-year-old leader John Steenhuisen running the rest of the country.

"Imagine an old white man as the president of... (continue reading...)


South Africa's potential kingmakers struggle with white image Jun 2, 2024 01:10AM

By Joe Bavier and Wendell Roelf

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Looking out of his window at Cape Town's False Bay, Nick Searra acknowledges that things do work better in South Africa's second biggest city, a stronghold of the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA).

But that doesn't mean he is ready to see the party or its 48-year-old leader John Steenhuisen running the rest of the country.

"Imagine an old white man as the president of... (continue reading...)


South Africa's potential kingmakers struggle with white image Jun 2, 2024 01:10AM

By Joe Bavier and Wendell Roelf

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Looking out of his window at Cape Town's False Bay, Nick Searra acknowledges that things do work better in South Africa's second biggest city, a stronghold of the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA).

But that doesn't mean he is ready to see the party or its 48-year-old leader John Steenhuisen running the rest of the country.

"Imagine an old white man as the president of... (continue reading...)


South Africa's potential kingmakers struggle with white image Jun 2, 2024 01:10AM

By Joe Bavier and Wendell Roelf

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Looking out of his window at Cape Town's False Bay, Nick Searra acknowledges that things do work better in South Africa's second biggest city, a stronghold of the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA).

But that doesn't mean he is ready to see the party or its 48-year-old leader John Steenhuisen running the rest of the country.

"Imagine an old white man as the president of... (continue reading...)


South Africa's potential kingmakers struggle with white image Jun 2, 2024 01:10AM

By Joe Bavier and Wendell Roelf

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Looking out of his window at Cape Town's False Bay, Nick Searra acknowledges that things do work better in South Africa's second biggest city, a stronghold of the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA).

But that doesn't mean he is ready to see the party or its 48-year-old leader John Steenhuisen running the rest of the country.

"Imagine an old white man as the president of... (continue reading...)


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