The race is now on for the federal leader position between incumbent DA leader John Steenhuisen and former Mayor of Joburg Mpho Phalatse. Click here for the full story➡️
“Only the politics of the long haul will bring results, and there will be no shortcuts,” he said. Steenhuisen said the party had been working hard together to rebuild the DA.“Now we are on a track record result for 2024, to bring the ANC below 50% and rescue South Africa.”Steenhuisen further made seven pledges to delegates which included;• Ending loadshedding.• Devolving more power to provincial and local government.
Receiving a round of applause and standing ovation, Steenhuisen ended his speech placing emphasis that the DA was fixed and “it is time to fix South Africa”.Phalatse takes center stage Steenhuisen’s only competitor for the top spot, Phalatse, also delivered her speech under the theme “It is Now or Never.”She then joined the Democratic Alliance and was elected to the Johannesburg City Council in 2016 where she then became a member of the Mayoral Committee for Health and Social Development.
Phalatse then served in the position of Johannesburg mayor from 22 November 2021 until her ousting in a motion of no-confidence on 26 January 2023. Presenting her speech in why she wants to be federal leader, Phalatse said she was ready to lead the DA and embark on a process of “introspection and repositioning from an opposition in parliament to a governing party in 2024”.
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