Connecting with people is an important part of my role [as a politician].

- Helen Zille

The DA is the only party in South Africa that has grown in every national election and that trend must continue, and it must accelerate, because Sout…

- Helen Zille

Perhaps because the challenges we face in our country are so daunting, we are also tempted by shortcuts. We tell ourselves that if we invent a new ac…

- Helen Zille

The best tribute we can pay Madiba is to ensure that our political debate focuses on issues of how best we can ensure that each South African child, …

- Helen Zille

Between Twitter and Facebook I have nearly 70,000 followers, so my colleagues receive the responses. They show some of them to me, and I am always in…

- Helen Zille

Social networks are an incredible new tool which enables me to speak directly to large numbers of people. It is at the cutting edge of personal inter…

- Helen Zille

We will see at the end of the day. I don't like to speculate. Our goal in this election is to do better than in the last one.

- Helen Zille

All technological breakthroughs start with a small "elite". Think about cellphones, for example. Now just about everyone has one. The same will happe…

- Helen Zille

The internet must be used to maximise open communication and we should encourage the expansion of its use.

- Helen Zille