I have done numerous threads on the taxi industry over the years. Thought I’d sit this one out because inevitably they get messy because people don’t understand the industry and in their frustration conflate issues by pulling in my other work or causing inconvenience for my… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
8. From the days before democracy when the taxi industry was treated with contempt and had violence often unleashed by the state on them it has always been clear that a show of force is the only way to protect themselves against a government unwilling to recognise their role in… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
13.The taxi industry is violent, to each other. The customers are considered sacred. It has happened that customers may get caught in the crossroads and I assure you this is always taken seriously internally because at the end of the day without customers the industry dies. This… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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1-Last month I publicly announced that I would be re-engaging my campaign as the lock-down began to ease. When I did so, I was under no illusion that this is the most important internal election of the Democratic Alliance.
2-I believe we are at a crossroads we can continue with the status quo of throwing facts at voters and hoping somehow, we change their votes by telling them how they should vote or we can appeal to their hearts and engender in them a feeling of hope if they vote for us.
3-The party has a choice continue with using the same playbook even if changing a few tactics here and there or under my leadership completely reimagine how we engage with our voters and work incredibly hard to earn their trust.