Why the DA flipped in Phoenix poster fiasco
Angry leaders force Steenhuisen into embarrassing U-turn over posters uproar
10 October 2021 - 00:05
The DA took down its controversial Phoenix posters only after the party's federal executive effectively overruled leader John Steenhuisen by rejecting the campaign material and instructing KwaZulu-Natal chair Dean Macpherson to apologise to voters.
Steenhuisen had publicly defended the posters just a day before...
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