{
  "id": 225226,
  "title": "Sarupen: The DA saw its best growth when our leader was not in Parliament",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/sarupen-the-da-saw-its-best-growth-when-our-leader-was-not-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-06T14:11:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mail and Guardian",
    "slug": "mail-and-guardian",
    "url": "https://mg.co.za/politics/2026-08-06-sarupen-the-da-saw-its-best-growth-when-our-leader-was-not-in-parliament/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Democratic Alliance federal council chair Ashor Sarupen has insisted that party leader Geordin Hill-Lewis will continue to serve as Cape Town mayor rather than move to Parliament, saying this approach has proven successful in the past. \"We have seen the best growth in the DA's history when our leader was not in Parliament.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}