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DA’s turbulent 2025 exposes gap between rhetoric and governance reality
Political commentator Thuso Mashaba argues that the Democratic Alliance’s 2025 exposed growing tensions between the party’s constitutional rhetoric and its record in government, particularly in the Western Cape.
In her view, the party struggled to deliver on key political objectives, including attempts to roll back B-BBEE, efforts to reposition South Africa away from its BRICS-aligned foreign policy, and international advocacy campaigns that failed to gain meaningful traction.
The increased reliance on court action rather than political engagement, reflected a weakening political strategy.
She further argues that governance challenges on the ground undermined the DA’s core narrative of effective administration.
Cape Town continued to battle high levels of violent crime, while chronic underdevelopment, housing backlogs and limited service delivery persisted in townships such as Khayelitsha.
According to Mashaba, evictions carried out without adequate alternative accommodation deepened spatial inequality and reinforced long-standing patterns of exclusion.
Internal divisions, questions around foreign-linked funding, and disclosure controversies involving Western Cape Premier Alan Winde also, strained the party’s image of clean governance.
The party also courted diplomatic controversy when a Western Cape MEC visited Taiwan in apparent contradiction of South Africa’s One China Policy, prompting a sharp response from China. The incident reflected a disregard for national foreign policy coherence.
She argues that these developments point to a broader pattern of resisting transformation and deflecting accountability. This stood in contrast to national milestones such as South Africa’s successful hosting of the 2025 G20, which challenged narratives of state decline.
Taken together, the events of 2025, highlighted a widening gap between the DA’s promises and the lived realities experienced by communities in areas it governs https://t.co/K1LgY5Znlp…
🚨 DA Leader John Steenhuisen Fails To Pay R150k Credit Card Debt and Lands in Court
Daily Maverick has revealed that despite earning more than R2.66 million a year, John Steenhuisen still FAILED TO PAY almost R150 000 in credit card debt, raising serious concerns that the DA leader and Minister in the ANC-led coalition is living far beyond his means and is drowning in debt.
Even with free housing, electricity, water, travel and a long list of taxpayer-funded perks, Steenhuisen still managed to rack up massive debt he could not repay, forcing the bank to drag him to court for a default judgment.
To make matters worse, the DA reportedly revoked Steenhuisen’s party credit card because spending under his name could not be properly reconciled….which means the money he used could not be accounted for.
This is the same DA that attempted to smear Dr Nasiphi Moya with false claims that she owed R46 000 to the municipality, which was a bill from the previous home owner she had already settled before the DA tried to weaponise the matter. Seems like the DA should rather investigate its own party leader, who is the one facing a real, dangerous financial scandal, not the hardworking Mayor of Tshwane.
The question is whether we can trust a Minister to lead a Department with a nearly R8 billion budget when his personal financial circumstances are so precarious that they leave him vulnerable to influence from dark sources?