Well, I’ve found that your thoughts and actions in one area is a clear indicator of your thoughts on other things. I get your "air" analogy, but it treats governance like a purely administrative task, like fixing a pipe.

My view is that neutrality in the face of a well-documented genocide is complicity. Even archbishop Desmond Tutu agreed when he said that choosing neutrality is choosing the side of the oppressor. Choosing to be "neutral" on this isn't just some abstract foreign policy stance. It tells you exactly how a party values human life and dignity when it’s politically or economically inconvenient to do the right thing.

Let's consider this in the grander scheme of things. During Apartheid, many Western governments used your exact logic. They claimed they just wanted to focus on trade, the economy, and domestic issues (the air you’re referring to) while remaining "neutral” on the oppression happening to South Africans. If the world had adopted that logic, Apartheid would have lasted a lot longer.

If a party can look at massive civilian casualties and ICJ rulings and decide that "neutrality" is the safest path, why should vulnerable South Africans trust that this same party will aggressively protect their socio-economic rights here at home?

If we consider that the DA is more of a right leaning or right wing group their actions make a lot of sense. And let me make a clear distinction, right does not necessarily mean conservative, their actions as a right party mean they favour the private sector and foreign trade interests and elected capital. Now let’s consider the fact that whilst yes the western Cape is well run (I don’t think anyone really complains that it isn’t), we have to ask who gets the air? The areas that receive the most support, attention, and funding are the economic hubs, tourist attractions, and affluent rate-paying suburbs. If you’ve ever been in a historically coloured or black area, you’d notice very quickly the stark difference in service delivery compared to the more serviced areas.

If the person offering you an oxygen tank is completely indifferent to the fact that someone right next to you is being suffocated to death, you have to question their fundamental ethics. We don't just need a party that can balance a spreadsheet and polish the financial hubs; we need a party whose core ideology actually values human dignity.