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The Minority Front will not be \u201ceaten up by other parties\u201d its new leader Shameen Thakur Rajbansi promised yesterday. <\/p>\n
Although her election to the leadership position came as no surprise, it appears the party could be in for a shake-up after the \u201cTigress\u201d announced several new changes in the way the party would operate. <\/p>\n
On the cards was a review of the MF\u2019s constitution which was \u201coutdated\u201d, while her leadership style would also differ from that of her husband and former leader, Amichand Rajbansi, who died in December. <\/p>\n
Conservative <\/p>\n
Thakur Rajbansi said Rajbansi had possessed \u201cadaptability skills\u201d and <\/p>\n
was a situational leader. <\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m a bit more conservative\u2026 when I can prove it on paper, I can translate it into practice.\u201d <\/p>\n
She said the party would continue with the vision left by her husband, \u201cbut with new leadership will come new blood and different ideas\u201d. <\/p>\n
At a media conference held in Durban yesterday, she said the best way to ensure there were good leaders was to train them. Her husband had been the leader of the party since its formation in 1994. <\/p>\n
Many of the MF\u2019s critics have predicted its demise after Rajbansi\u2019s death, but Thakur Rajbansi said the party would survive as long as SA was a multiparty democracy. <\/p>\n
Yesterday she confirmed that she was \u201cunanimously\u201d elected through \u201cgeneral consensus\u201d during a party meeting on Monday. <\/p>\n
However, all this was going to change as the party would now ensure there was an exit strategy and a succession strategy in place. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe couldn\u2019t discuss leadership before because our leader was alive,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n
These strategies would not be as complicated as those in big parties and the MF would \u201cdevise unique methods\u201d. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
She said she would relinquish her position as the head of the MF Women\u2019s League. She would also take up the matter of a leadership role in the provincial legislature where she already serves. <\/p>\n
Thakur Rajbansi said four people had been identified to take over her role in the legislature, but they had until April to make that decision. <\/p>\n
Some of her long-term goals included lobbying for the establishment of a minorities commission and a minorities ministry. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Asked how she was coping with the loss of her \u201chusband, mentor and friend and leader\u201d, Thakur Rajbansi quoted the Tiger saying: \u201cIn politics you have to leave your emotions at home and deal with what\u2019s in front of you.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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