We will be back in half an hourfrom oui we will be back in half an hourfrom our special coverage of super tuesday. Now on bbc news, hardtalk. Welcome to heart talk. The cape is the stronghold of south africas main opposition party. The Democratic Alliance. And when ed elected its first black leader five yea rs elected its first black leader five years ago, many believed it was the start of a new era. My guest is his first interview to an International Broadcasting since he stepped down as Democratic Alliance leader in october. What does his resignation tell us about race and politics in south africa today . Mmusi maimane in cape town, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much for having me. Why did you step down as leader of the Democratic Alliance in october . Well, i thought, at that point, that the da and i did not share a common vision. At first, i pursued the vision of a nonracial south africa, i believe the da needed to govern in more places, that the da needed to grow in the majo
Vote, make a choice for this or that candidate, really a lot, and this saves from overload of the entire system, yes, very interesting, i, in turn, voted directly at the polling station , i came, as they say, on my feet, and what was the atmosphere there, the atmosphere was very friendly, i must say, it was early in the morning, there werent very many people then a lot, but all the members of the Precinct Election Commission greeted us very kindly, this turned out to be not the precinct to which i was attached from the point of view. My registration, but i was asked to register in order to vote online, which i did, then voted on a special terminal, also very quickly, conveniently, and also about the atmosphere, my child, who came with me, was given two balloons, which was very pleasant and he did not part with them for half a day, the mood was guaranteed all day , we see how the central election commission, in general, the entire system is made so that everything is done as easily as p
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