MMUSI MAIMANE, puppet or prophet?

199pp., colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2016

Political journalist S'thembiso Msomi examines how and why Mmusi Maimane rose rapidly to become leader of the opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), in 2015. Msomi discusses Maimane’s childhood and family, his early involvement in the Church, and assesses his first year as head of the DA in the run-up to the local government elections.

S'thembiso Msomi is currently Deputy Editor at the "Sunday Times".