Newly elected ANC KwaZulu-Natal chair Siboniso Duma is congratulated by former chair Sihle Zikalala. Picture: SANDILE NDLOVU
The past weekend’s ANC KwaZulu-Natal elective conference, which saw a clean sweep by “Taliban” candidates, was held at Durban’s Olive Conference Centre, better known as the Durban ice rink building, of all places. Interestingly, it was also above an ice rink that the old washed-up and disbanded United Party morphed into the tragically but deservedly shortshelf-life New Republic Party .
I’m not for a moment suggesting that Sibonisa Duma looks or sounds anything like the late NRP leader Vause Raw, but I do wonder if there is any lesson there for our new local “Taliban” victors? I hope so.JOIN THE DISCUSSION: Send us an email with your comments to letters@businesslive.co.za. Letters of more than 300 words will be edited for length. Anonymous correspondence will not be published. Writers should include a daytime telephone number.
Is this one of those ‘white shirt/yellow and black shirt’ experiments?