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Mmusi Maimane - Leader, Democratic Alliance, South Africa

01/07/2015 GMT

Leader, Democratic Alliance, South Africa - Mmusi Maimane

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Will he win over supporters of the ANC and take race out of South African politics?

South Africa's Democratic Alliance, the country's main opposition party, has elected its first ever black leader. Mmusi Maimane took over in May this year from Helen Zille. He says he wants to represent all South Africans regardless of colour, but the vast majority of black South Africans support the ANC, the party of Nelson Mandela. How will he manage to win them over and take race out of South African politics?

(Photo: Mmusi Maimane, the leader of South Africa's main opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) party, gestures as he gives his maiden speech following his election in Port Elizabeth, 2015. Credit: Gianluigi Guercia/AFP/Getty Images)

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