every single strategy meeting continued to be held in the same cloistered confines of white male comfort. - Raenette Taljaard

It would mean unquestioning loyalty and assumed support for his positions in debates and internal caucus votes — something I was not able to give at all times

“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 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,”