Another blow to DA as Mashaba's ActionSA snaps up senior DA leader | News24

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Another blow to DA as Mashaba's ActionSA snaps up senior DA leader | News24

Former DA member and now ActionSA president Herman Mashaba continues to haunt his former party after snapping up another top leader who resigned from the DA and joined his party.

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