Waterberg Agang members relieved

Agang SA members in the Waterberg District were up in arms last week when the news broke that their president, Mamphela Ramphele, would serve as the DA’s presidential candidate in the coming election.
Agang SA Waterberg District chairman, Busane Radingoana, told Northern News that his phone has not stopped ringing since the announcement was made . “Our members are upset that our president did not consult with the members of the party. Yes we agreed that there should be a close working
relationship with the DA, but it was never agreed to that the party would be completely swallowed up by the DA.”
According to a joint statement issued by Ramphele and DA president Helen Zille last Friday, Ramphele were to be welcomed into the DA at a press conference in Johannesburg on Monday.
Soon after the announcement, a message from Ramphele uploaded on to Agang SA’s website stated:
“You may have by now seen a ‘joint’ statement issued by the Democratic
Alliance in which it is claimed that I will be accepting DA membership on Monday. This is not true. Nor did I agree to any such statement.”
The DA announced to the media on Sunday that “Ramphele had reneged on the agreement to be the DA’s presidential candidate despite the party negotiating in good faith”.
Radingoana said on Tuesday that Agang SA members in the Waterberg are relieved, “We still want to work with the DA to somehow unite the opposition in the Waterberg. There are a lot of similarities between the DA and Agang SA, but the right democratic processes need to be followed. Our leaders cannot make these very important decisions without
consulting with their members.”