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Allister Sparks Compares Helen Zille to Hendrik Verwoerd

Veteran journalist Allister Sparks, likened Helen Zille to the widely despised chief architect of apartheid, Hendrik Verwoerd. Sparks’s admiration for the father of grand apartheid seen as a gaffe embarrassed all concerned at the top of the Democratic Alliance hierarchy. He said "In the course of (this), I've encountered some really smart politicians - Harry Lawrence… Margaret Ballinger, Helen Suzman, Zach de Beer, Frederik van Zyl Slabbert, Marais Steyn, Japie Basson, and, yes, Hendrik Verwoerd. But, after all those years, I have to say, objectively viewed (and) setting aside my personal friendship, I rate Helen Zille as the smartest political tactician of all."

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