Helen Zille
Helen Zille
Otta Helene "Helen" Zilleis a South African politician. She is the current Premier of the Western Cape, a member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament, the former leader of South Africa's opposition Democratic Alliancepolitical party, and a former Mayor of Cape Town...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth9 March 1951
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The memorandum sets out all the DA's grievances and proposes a series of action steps which the DA believes the SABC should take -- including broadcasting the DA's manifesto launch live -- if it is serious about providing balanced and fair coverage of this and future elections.
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