Former DA leader Tony Leon caused quite a stir when he called the election of Mmusi Maine as DA leader in 2015 “an experiment that went wrong”. Leon made the statement in an interview with News24 while he was promoting his new book  "Future Tense"
In a subsequent interview with Newzroom Afrika, Maimane described Leon's comments as dehumanising. Leon in turn said the quote was a line out of an interview that was not published in full.
 

Kieno speaks to One South Africa Movement leader Mmusi Maimane.