On the surface, ours was an amicable conversation, but I could feel the latent anger in his seven-page hand-written let.” - Raenette Taljaard

“It was not only that the tone of South African politics had altered and become ever more acrimonious, but that I could not ignore how ill at ease I felt in representing the DA.

I left feeling somewhat uneasy about his defensive tone and his choice of words.

I was deeply averse to engaging in war-like posturing with ANC colleagues whose intentions and motivations were similar to my mine — although we held widely divergent views on how best to achieve our common goals,”