Sizwe Dhlomo Calls Tony Leon’s Election Take “Idiotic” In Heated X Spat

Hayibo, the Tony Leon Sizwe Dhlomo clash is the election-week spat nobody saw coming! On Sunday, 8 November 2026, the former DA leader posted about how the gap between the ANC and the DA has changed since 2006.

Sizwe Dhlomo replied that “only an idiot would reason like this”, and Iyoh, it escalated quickly.

Leon’s post said that in 2006, when he led the DA in the local government elections, the ANC under Thabo Mbeki won 64% and the DA got 16%.

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He then wrote that “this week 20 years later” the ANC won 31% and the DA 24%. The gap, he said, went from 48 points to “just 6 or 7”, and “the famous ‘long haul’ just got a lot shorter.”

Tony Leon Sizwe Dhlomo Spat: “Do You Not Understand Numbers?”

Sizwe was not impressed. He replied that “you haven’t gotten that much further”, that the ANC has “vastly regressed”, and that “someone else has captured the lion’s share & it hasn’t been the DA”. He ended with a question: “Do you not understand numbers?”

Leon hit back with a question of his own. “Excuse me what is idiotic? I posted the numbers and pointed out the change in differential - what’s your point?” Hawu, that is not a quiet disagreement, and the replies kept rolling in.

Tony Leon Sizwe Dhlomo Face-Off Gets A Car Race Analogy

Sizwe then answered Tony’s question with a metaphor. “I explained what the point is Tony. If this was a car race, your analysis would be tantamount to a second place driver being excited about closing the gap to a leader with a blown engine, while in that time, three other cars are faster than he is currently going. Get it?”

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Iyoh, you have to admit, that is a creative way to say it!

Both posts pulled in a lot of attention. Leon’s original had passed 128,000 views at last count, while Sizwe’s car race reply had more than 500 likes. Neither man has said more in the information we have. So who made the better point, and does the analogy land? Tell us in the comments!