From dealing with “toxic” politics within the DA upon his exit, to the Unite for Change movement's ambitions to bring centrist politics to our major metros, BOSA leader Dr Mmusi Maimane speaks from his chest in this special edition of The Lead.

In 2011, he was but a DA spokesperson.

Today, 15 years later, he’s part of a centrist collective of opposition political parties preparing to shake up how our metros are governed.

“Let’s come together and work because what we need in SA are pragmatic policies,” says Build One South Africa (BOSA) member of Parliament (MP), Dr Mmusi Maimane, in a special lunchtime interview with The Lead’s broadcast journalist host, Graeme Raubenheimer.

Maimane also reflects on his time as DA leader: “It was the most toxic, vile politics I’d ever lived through...”

He touches on a myriad foreign policy matters from Iran to Zimbabwe, his critical work as Chair of Parliament’s Appropriations Committee overlooking the Budget, and vents his disagreement with the City of Cape Town on building an N2 highway wall.

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