I'm not "loyal" to Zille, as such – I've never met her, and don't know her. I do tend to stick up for the underdog, though – I don't like to see obvious unfairness.

I agree 100% on De Lille and her pro-development policy. She should never have been given a second term as mayor.

Zille's error was that she tried to rush things. I can understand why – she could see that SA has a limited period in which to rid itself of the ANC, or it will be too late. She wanted the DA to take power as soon as possible, so that SA could be turned back from the precipice. To do that, the DA needed the black vote. To do that, the DA needed (in her mind) a black leader. THAT is where things went wrong. Her choices of possible black leaders for the DA have been abysmal. What we have now is a DA that probably WON'T be able to save SA, because it is rapidly turning into the ANC. Coalition government may still save us, but however we look at it, our future is depressingly uncertain.