Helen Zille is a South African politician, journalist and former leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA), the official opposition party in South Africa.
Quick history
During the apartheid era, she became politically active in the liberal opposition and joined the Progressive Party, which later became the Democratic Party and eventually evolved into the Democratic Alliance.
She began her career as a political correspondent for the Rand Daily Mail, a South African newspaper known for its anti-apartheid stance. She went into exile in Southwest Africa (now Namibia) and later worked as a reporter for the Cape Times and The Argus.
After her return to South Africa in the early 1990s, Helen became actively involved in politics and joined the Democratic Party and was elected to the Western Cape Provincial Legislature in 1999. In 2006, she was elected as the mayor of Cape Town, becoming the first woman to hold that position.
Her leadership was unmatched.
Her new book
Helen is very critical of woke culture and published a book, Stay Woke, Go Broke, in which she expresses her concerns and why it’s destroying South Africa.
Wokeness categorises people by race, gender, or other traits, reducing individuals to these labels and undermining individuality.
It divides society, fostering an us-versus-them mentality that creates conflict and hinders constructive dialogue.
It’s highly destructive, celebrating victimhood culture.
