Unfiltered | Can Mmusi Maimane's leadership be trusted?

On the eve of Youth Day commemorations, we speak to Mmusi Maimane about the future of South Africa and whether leaders like him have realistic ideas to turn South Africa around.
But why should South Africans trust him after hopping from one political party to the next - leaving many confused about his politics?
Tonight we ask: Can Mmusi Maimane's leadership be trusted?
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[@mthethelelimagqaza9072]

When it comes to politics and politicians, one must pay little attention to their words, but focus on their actions. That is where one will see their true intentions.

[@halinaleonowicz8038]

By now, most politicians learned to ask questions which, previously was the act of brivery. The reality is none of them, here and beyond, have any idea how to answer them and how in practice solve them for average person in today complexity of the world. They do not understand technological developments, scales of different expectations, how speed of technology in financial systems is used for corruption primary.... Hurra Musi or Malema or whoever mean nothing in practice today. ..

[@youngatheart74]

The question should've been, can his new political party win the hearts of South African citizen?

[@saemergingtalenttelevision2678]

I prefer Maimane than any leadership… I’m willing to give him a chance.

[@garagepie]

This guy is awesome! He has matured a lot since going on his own!

[@crastinaterpro]

Brilliant! FInally, a South African politician who can articulate proper foreign policy around the injustices in Ukraine. Mmusi Maimane is a definite contender in terms of values, intelligence and integrity. Build One South Africa.

[@navanolivier4220]

i definitely trust him more than Cyril and Malema

[@thembelandesi4741]

Maimane doing a PhD 🎉👏👏👏

[@forobia-ss7ye]

MAIMANE, IS PAYED AND WORKING FOR VERY TAINY MINORITY WHITE APARTHEID, FR HIS MASTERS AND HE IS PAID TO DAVID BLACK VOTE.

[@JamesSumner-Goodwin]

I think he's endlessly more charismatic and a stronger force than John Steenhuisen. The DA forced him out too soon.

[@creatorearnie]

i love what i am hearing. Maimane is a gem.

[@andrewmacebele6783]

Two knowledgeable guys conversing, I go for BOSA next year.❤🇿🇦

[@ramomohlabi8665]

The narrator was brutal 😢 but Mmusi is such a great mind

[@vvv3449]

Mpofu is very well, he challenge every person coming to the show...thats what we want...tnx Dr Mpofu for interesting show.

[@ndubanesol111]

Two great minds with Sizwe showing his class. Thank you guys.

[@forobia-ss7ye]

YOU ARE NOT BLACK AFRICAN, GO BUCK TO HOLLAND.

[@JohanRielly]

No He is like all politician BIG MOUTH but no action

[@ganasgovender375]

Without a doubt he possess leadership qualities . He's got my vote

[@InfoHubZA]

These politicians are all the same.

[@Melodic8743]

Mind you! This guy is a whole Christian.

[@jameskillu9171]

@@Melodic8743 who has zero respecr for elders

[@Melodic8743]

@@jameskillu9171 You must first respect oneself in order to be respected fully. Before saying anything, Christians should pray and enter the spiritual realm!

[@sabelomakhubo6782]

Sizwe is just awesome at what he does man! The art behind the questioning is just beyond.

[@dessteenkamp6534]

Your narrator is a typical Pro ANC-minded individual and does not know or understand the level of integrity that this man offers this sick country. He is our only hope for a future for our children. Vote BOSA we have nothing to lose, all is lost already.

[@carcher3279]

He ain't pro ANC.

[@lionchampion587]

Why would black south africans struggle and fight for so many years and then vote for a puppet controlled and working for the west? That would be deluded and the majority of skin folk ain't delude and know who the enemy is even if they use skin folk like him as their figurehead.

[@MrMarcusMars]

Sizwe likes to disturbs a person when he talk, then asks not to be disturbed, but never disturbed Mbalula

[@kagisojrlesetedi7192]

It'd be cool to have a young president like Mmusi considering how predominant the youth is in SA compared to the elderly. He's modern and would understand current needs and challenges faced by today's generation. In fact, he should become President.

[@phoenixptyltd8030]

This is one fact that Mr Maimane has proved through and through after his days in Soweto. PEOPLE FOLLOW PEOPLE.

[@thobilenyaku5274]

Great 👍 show, I'm sold, I'm voting BOSA........ I'm fully sold, even Sizwe should join BOSA

[@sfisomagoso9027]

Lol uyahlanya ke wena whats is even Bosa manifesto, huh? You're so gullible shame

[@ladybird7269]

BOSA (Musi) has a well thought out strategy which other parties lack. I’m glad that he has addressed the Ukraine/Russia issue. However, he needs to discuss SA’s role in BRICS plus and SA’s role in geopolitics as well as AU and agenda 2063 - inter trade relations within the continent and peace/conflict resolution on the continent.

[@altahancock6916]

I am listening....😮 Most of the Political parties talk and talk and blame and excuses...😢 The only Leader whom i hear speaks clearly, i can see Mmusi meeting Foreign Leaders and he is clearly passuinate to work for and with us, SA's....He is a true Leader🙏🙏

[@clintonjaars114]

I am really disappointed in the host of this show. I have been watching closely how he conducts his interviews. I feel that his political views is compromise and biased in many instances. In many of the interviews he lacks listening with understanding. With regards to Mr. Maimane I can see that he has grown a lot and he has matured in his political views.

[@CliveKisten-lp7mq]

YES Mmusi can be trusted!!!

[@vthomas2482]

BUT will NEVER win

[@jameskillu9171]

only by apartheid architects and their children

[@fanamlawuli6761]

We will never let him win, ever!

[@CliveKisten-lp7mq]

Trusting & winning are two different things!

[@nomarussia5085]

What are you smoking

[@sbon5223]

Maybe he needed this space, i begin to understand him different and he sounds awesome

[@TheHungryRemnantJer33v3]

We would have loved for Maimane to exhaust his views - great leader, great emotional Quotient as well.

[@JusticeMello]

Q: You said you could be one of 4 people who could be president of SA in 2024. Can you expand on this? A: I have come back strongly into politics. I have known both victory and I have known defeat. I am coming in with a fresh set of eyes to say where can SA go. I believe I am leading a party that can garner support. (Other's don't? I would have thought that his answer would tell us why the other parties don't stand a chance.) Q: Aren't there others who are in front of you in the queue? A: People follow people. It's probably CR ahead of me then Malema and Zille. I am looking at where the individuals sit. Q: With Bosa polling where it is, is it credible to say you would be president. A: In 2019 people gave CR an increased majority, I can't see EFF without Malema. DA has its own problems. 12% of SA said they would vote for Maimane. That's why I said people follow people. We have branched out in all provinces. We want to build an army of 100k by Nov - we have 20k now. We have 10 point plan. What I am trying to articulate is we are not a fly by night. (Other leaders are not people so people won't follow them? There's no answer vis a vis "I stand out".) Q: Can you translate your popularity to votes? A: We are sitting within a global platform where we've seen significant change politically. Change is possible. In this country, we will be bring the change. (Other leaders have the same set of global platforms, don't they?) Q: Will you renounce your business interests if you make it to parliament? A: I was a leader in the church, I stepped down. I have been behind the pulpit, been in academia in the classroom, with my own master's program, now my PhD. I come equipped with a vast array of skills. The work I am doing it to ensure you have the best arsenal of tools to offer the best calibre of leadership. (I stopped at 17:48. Maimane is here to tell his DA leaders that "look at me, I am not a failure". He is not answering the ques he is asked.)

[@nomarussia5085]

He is high on something 😂😂

[@Lesciba]

Thanks for summing it up this far...

[@emihleluwaca2996]

😂😂😂

[@kgasanehezekiel314]

I like his response anyway. He is very much intelligent. Tomorrow, he can still change and says, "I never said I would quit my business." Mmusi is intelligent!

[@zolexDackery]

I always ask myself why I didn't do a certain series of things 15 years ago. What matters right now... We can vote for this guy in May.

[@BrianWilliams03]

When it comes to Isreal and Palestinian, his voice is not louder like it does with Ukraine

[@carcher3279]

Yes, it is disturbing. Speaks to his lack of backbone. This product of western NGO's and S.A.'s corporate sector.

[@emihleluwaca2996]

Thank you and for this he does not have my vote!

[@saemergingtalenttelevision2678]

Ppl follow ppl, true. I follow him

[@lizellejohannes5439]

His a smart guy

[@gerriedoll154]

But he hop from one to other.

[@khaya_was_taken_]

Sizwe is doing a great job. Love to see it

[@RafikKhan-ol4zk]

i think he is a honest and intelligence pearson S.A needs someone like this to be the president not corrupted liars

[@bangiwenjanga2949]

We are so obsessed with Western agenda and looking forward to BRICS and I foresee Chinese taking over businesses and i don't trust them at all, we need strong leadership when BRICS takes over to oversee fair grounds for the locals, Maimane can be that leader .

[@oscarmakgaka4840]

Experiment failed kwaaaa that one made famous by DA he thinks we stupid nothing to offer he must follow his calling. Pastor Amen 2:41

[@mthulisidube5502]

As long as ideologically you are not Afro-centric, it’s difficult to win elections in Africa because of African demographics. Maimame’s policies are by definition Western & will not carry the day in Africa!

[@SocialFocusSA]

there are no western policies or African policies, there are only policies that work and policies that do not work.

[@thobilenyaku5274]

Thanks sir, what do you mean by afro centric ideology?

[@ntando1692]

Sir I want to shake Your hand right now nailed it.

[@carcher3279]

Exactly, 🎯 astute understanding of Maimane's predicament.

[@lionchampion587]

This guy is a snake puppet. Bought and paid for by the west.

[@witsend008]

Can politicians be trusted ever ? Snakepit.

[@CrackerBarrelKid551]

Who is this party that you say he represented that fails to acknowledge the impact that apartheid has had on inequality? You surely can't be talking about the DA who has addressed this topic multiple times. If you are, then shame on you SABC. You said it as a fact, not a subjective opinion that your biased love for the ANC holds.

[@SonOfTheSoil834]

One thing I wish to ask Musi Maimane given his reason that funders fund them for no gain but as investment for future loving the party policies .I wish to ask him if this still apply to funders who fund many different political parties with different policies ?isn’t this a desperation for some gains including taking decisions for this country from backround !

[@hildaforsythe]

I don't think Sizwe belongs here, all these questions are below him😧

[@ttw141]

I am Zimbabwean and i support Musi's view on the way ANC is handling the issue of Russia. ANC has played a huge role in the suffering of the Zimbabweans because they support their mother party Zanu PF whilst they have the power to correct Zanu's misdeeds that has led to poverty in Zimbabwe

[@RSVPrr]

stop lying. Will SA now invade Zimbabwe? stop it, clearly you have no respect for the people of Zim

[@ttw141]

@@RSVPrr There is no need to be emotional that is my political analysis. Further to that my utterances are a clear indication that i have respect for my fellow Zimbabwean citizens hence u see that Chamisa always call up the SADC committee to support the people's movement for change. SADC is a committee of Southern African countries aimed at safeguarding the interests of each and every citizen of the respective countries and these interests includes the people's freedom of expression without any fear of being intimidated or captured. In this committee SA plays a fundamental role interms of engaging with the Zimbabwe political groups to save the interest of the citizens but if its involvement is bias you will find the situation like Zimbabwe's continue. So i just want to correct you on your emotions that my point might not be valid to you because you didn't understand it

[@vincentseloane5092]

Zimbabwe is a sovereign state.

[@simonmasenyafilmproduction]

Upcoming President for BOSA Political party. He is an honest person with honest answers. He is a tried and tested cadre of the revolution. I enjoyed listening to his responses.

[@chrismbangi7119]

Sizwe is proving to be quite bad in this. Just debates for the sake of debating.

[@thenyloncurtain]

🙌Maimane for President 🤘🙏🇿🇦❣️‼️

[@mthokozisilanga4497]

Dr Walsh-Mpofu, you made a point, as long as we still have political parties, accountability will not be achieved as Maimane believes. Thus OHM’s goal is to get rid of political parties in both elections and in parliament. This then makes people elect representatatives for their constituencies as well as vote directly for the president. All these people will be accountable to their constituencies not their political parties as there will be no political party in parliament even if most of the elected representatives are from political parties.

[@therevivaltv4256]

Sizwe’s line of questioning on this show😢

[@thenyloncurtain]

Build ONE SA.... leaving NO ONE behind 🇿🇦🙌🙏🤘‼️❤️🥊

[@supmeyisi8490]

The war was not unprovoked, there was an agreement long ago that NATO wouldn't expend closer to Russia and they were trying to. Breaking that agreement is one of the causes that led to the war. The notion that it was unprovoked is not true.

[@lee...-cz1xq]

Clever blacks must learn from their brother(Mmusi Maimane) and sister( Mpho Phalatse) about DA y’all are gonna regret voting for that party I'll remind y’all one day..

[@nomarussia5085]

Tell them…delusional. As for me I’ve made peace I’m not voting. But then again I say each election and vote on the 11th hour.😂😂😂

[@PE-Decoded]

Explain what is wrong with the DA. You are just talking. Mpho Phalatse is still a DA member but she returned to medical career.

[@gcinanomela6772]

A black suit with a white or blue shirt would have been great on you Sizwe.😊

[@Rose-n8k7n]

We voting Thabo Mbkei with MK and ATM

[@Rose-n8k7n]

You can remove an individual not ANC IT WILL REMAIN

[@tumirakgotlawrites6773]

Welcome back

[@sasaz6084]

I still think Gayton Mackenzie is thee one for SA

[@dumsanivilakazi3938]

MMUSI WILL NEVER LEAD THIS COUNTRY HE MUST FORGET NO IDEAS ON HIM

[@truth-Hurts375]

Shame...This boy is in the polical wilderness with dreams that are totally unrealistic.

[@beharga7901]

And he will say anything to get attention

[@ignetiusrapelwana2208]

I agree with u except u insulting him that he is a boy. He is weak and prone to being used a tool and lacky of the jewish community!!!! But he is also a married man with children, lets respect that.

[@nomarussia5085]

He’s so desperate it’s shameful

[@ttgooljc6154]

He's a married man with kids and is probably more accomplished than you. What you wrote is highly disrespectful. Introspect yourself.

[@Rose-n8k7n]

Remove Ramaposa or any individual not the Party

[@ruthndala5778]

What about to unite Africa

[@emihleluwaca2996]

Mmusi lost me with his stance on Israel and Palestine. From what I'm getting, he thinks SA should have done nothing, like the rest of the world, in order to protect our trade relationship. Am I hearing this correctly?

[@Qotha]

This one would take us back to the claws of imperialists.Don't forget who he married.

[@Jitesh_Dayal]

😂😂😂😂.

[@peterntuli7074]

Une drama wena 😂

[@shafiyaalgiquadra1105]

😂😂

[@Qotha]

@@Jitesh_Dayal 🤣

[@jonye7511]

Shem😂😂😂

[@kitchenscrapsmom4858]

This was so sad to watch. Mmusi Maimane did not answer questions. He thought this was a campaigning opportunity and it backfired because he contradicted himself on very significant foreign policy matters and he did not have all his facts right. Sizwe basically debunked all his alleged facts. I really liked the questions. They are questions we are all asking and he answered none. Shame.

[@KeeleLehlohonolo]

Sam Matekane not Matekatsa

[@beharga7901]

Nope, he can’t be trusted.

[@lionchampion587]

👍🏿 👍🏿 👍🏿

[@mziwandilendlovu3895]

Mmusi is broke. His thing won't fly. He should have worked with Mashaba to get those moneybags

[@zinedinezidane2610]

He is a solid leader but he messed up by joining da and now his party. I don't trust him anymore

[@Rose-n8k7n]

It was Nelson Mandela fought apartaid no one has the rights to vote Anc out you can Ramaposa not the party

[@sheilatorres4690]

Wow.

[@babolico9354]

MALEMA AND THE EFF 2024..BOSA NOTHING..HE NEEDS TO JOIN THE EFF..❤❤

[@jameskillu9171]

Mmusi should join malema to me mentored in african ways. He is too colonised to help africans

[@jonye7511]

Malema loves colonisers' lifestyle and holidaying in coloniser countries too much.

[@fanamlawuli6761]

@@jonye7511 colonizers love our raw materials that they used to build those holiday resort's, and those colonizers also come here on holiday too, what your point? Fact is, there is no rainbow nation, not until we get a public apologies from all white people, but that will not happen, so hostilities will persist for eternity

[@PE-Decoded]

ActionSA will be the 4th. And what does Mmusi Maimane mean DA looks at minority views?

[@LindaMadlala]

Mmusi is a branded cookie not turned, a noisy gong🤷🏾‍♂️ somehow always without fail walks on the verge of a well paved pathway.

[@Rose-n8k7n]

PAY THE BILL IN BILLIONS LIKE HOW MUNICIPALITY YOU PAY

[@pamelakuselo2923]

Musi Maimane must join JZ or J Malima,he was a puppet of DA for too long and he failed to take all the blacks he led to DA .

[@bonganimtshali4551]

Mmusi your Position in GeoPolitics means u lost my vote.

[@emihleluwaca2996]

Same here.

[@MashamaiteThuso]

If what the leader is positing is a posture towards the Russian-Ukraine that's reflective of our foreign policy and trade-sensitive, then the non-aligned position we have adopted is the one best achieve that outcome. If our non-aligned position is viewed by Ukraine and the West as implied consent, then, logically, condemning Russia would be read by Russia and it's aligned parties, or at least neutral countries as a pro-west posture which would jeopardize trade with those countries. I hold a strong belief that our non-aligned position is the best in the circumstances and one that would achieve the outcome that the leader is advocating for as opposed to his subtle an subliminal pro-west position that he elegantly masks in refined terminology.

[@giftgreen3748]

The host was distractive to Mr Maimane. Bad host

[@oupamakola1685]

And the 200/200 MPS is shambolic. If you need 400 MP then divide SA into 400 constituencies. Each of them should have one MP post. If ANC or EFF have enough support, the candidates they put in place from those constituencies will win and represent them in Parliament. MPs should be representatives of the people in the first instance, not the Party.

[@truth-Hurts375]

Bla bla bla !!!

[@sibulelesolilo2892]

You want to create a two party state. FPTP always leads to them and creates wasted votes

[@onismusmoshashampe3383]

So what about the Proportional votes/seats? You can't convert the whole 400 in to constituency, otherwise you are going to render the minorities in to insignificance. For instances in Limpopo only 1 municipality in Modimolle is not ruled by the ANC and the rest of the municipality are under ANC. So using your philosophy it will mean all MPs to national assembly from Limpopo will be coming from the ANC. The same thing will happen for Eastern Cape.

[@siZobonaMakeza]

@@sibulelesolilo2892 the very idea that a legal citizen can vote and that vote be considered a waste under any circumstances, is unconstitutional. Every vote counts, regardless of whether it agrees with the masses or not. This is true republican democracy.

[@oupamakola1685]

@@onismusmoshashampe3383 I'm not sure exactly what you are missing. What minorities are you talking about. Let me give you an example. SA is divided into 400 constituencies. Limpopo say has 50 constituencies. Say Modimolle is big and concentrated enough to make up 1 constituency for 1 seat. The majority in Modimolle will elect a person to represent that constituency. If all 50 consituencies in Limpopo elect ANC MPs well that's democracy. It wont be different to what happens now. The only difference is, those 50 will be elected by people from those areas to represent them in parliament. Unlike having 400 people in parliament and half of them you never know whee they come from or who they represent except for the ANC or parties. A vote by the people for the people.

[@l.mpatamali8738]

I was that Maimoney"s waiter once on kloof street and homey left without tipping so nah! he is not legit we need Vusi up in here

[@kgasanehezekiel314]

So if I don't have money for tip I mustn't eat at a restaurant?

[@l.mpatamali8738]

@kgasanehezekiel314 It's not about tips. it's how you treat others, especially in hospitality. Why do you think Mai-money is not a popular public figure? Not because of "tips"! He is not 'genuinely' likable in person. So please, tips or no tips one must go out and enjoy life at any restaurant.

[@josephinabukelwakekana8799]

Eish

[@thenyloncurtain]

🙌BOSA ‼️‼️‼️🇿🇦🤘🙏🇿🇦🙌🥊❤️❤️❤️

[@nubemzwenceba6525]

No not at all bru

[@rethabilemoloi3490]

I respect Musi but his vision is not realistic

[@JacobMathejane-ql2rr]

Mmusi and Sizwe are both clueless to be honest

[@carcher3279]

The very time that I ever even heard of Maimane was when he was being insulted in parliament by ANC MP's refering to him directly as a "Rented Black "... He is pretty haunted by this label to this day and an inability to fully define and assert himself politically.

[@jobesithole5590]

You are spot on !!

[@rahamankhan2895]

A person who jumps ship u never trust them. Like juliuass Lakota and others.

[@lukhanyokhanyo3650]

Power, property, prestige, popularity & pomposity these 5 temptations killed His political career... He doesn't deserve to be in Parliament he must get a job as a preacher to deceive clever blacks

[@nomarussia5085]

I concur

[@neermalapillay8016]

Msusi if u concerned about the people use your money to help people why form another party waste of taxpayers do ground work among people that is what we need

[@Agapii-0327]

No not all

[@morolong8360]

Maimane is better off as a Pastor or a Family Counselor, i dont think Politics are for him

[@abdallasa7077]

South African politics are so bad at communication, it's actually insulting to South Africans intelligence. The assumption that people just vote based on their opinion of the figurehead of a party. No effort to familiarize people with the structures of the organization or the strangers surrounding the candidate

[@sifisodmagagula8699]

snake [pit]

[@hermiasvisser812]

no

[@josephsidambaram92]

You are wrong! It's the west have more trade, R 39 billion and the eastern country eg Russia, China and other eastern country have low trading in South Africa.

[@philkazanga]

Political grasshopper

[@edvaldoliriodasilva]

Again this guy does not know what his talking about. An unprovoked war, this guy clearly has not heard of NATO.

[@hlamulokapplacid2326]

Can't be trusted. Mandela #2

[@hleziphidhlamini1012]

Nope 😮😮😮

[@bertramhall6131]

Not enough concerning domestic solutions .

[@michael-john4954]

Sizwe was way out his depth of the Russia issue. Sure China is in BRICS but they are not championing Russia in their war, they have not supplied them with weapons or support on the global stage; they voted in the UN that Russia is the aggressor in the Ukraine war. We can cut off Russia and still trade with China, China just cares about their interests

[@MrKaekapakae]

But the rumour has it that, if Putin is rufused to attending the BRICS summit, China will not attend? In support of Russia. What's your opinion on that?

[@michael-john4954]

@@MrKaekapakae that is rumor, cannot base our trade on rumors

[@nkanyisogumede6718]

In order to comment on Russia and Ukraine, you need to read up on the coldwar. You can't comment on this war and not talk about NATO.

[@Untitled-sb4ft]

you seem to be out of you're depth. China and Russia are increasingly strengthening ties on many counts. Russia's lack of investment in African states (and SA specifically) is a result of: It's integration as a feeder to Western Europeans post-Soviet breakdown. It's traded regionally. Russia has not been a global economic force, the only way for integration with African states has materialized. Has been in the case where there's been military disputes and it's globe topping status in this area would create stronger relation as a result.

[@thomasgosling5155]

This Walsh guy is hopelessly out of his depth as an interviewer.

[@jonye7511]

Like father like son they are only in it for making lots of money.

[@stlouisix3]

@@jonye7511 EFFluence are about making money for EFFluence employees and members and power to control others for the EFFluence