Daggers appeared to be drawn out for current DA Leader John Steenhuisen as the race for leadership ahead of the elective conference heats up. With three months to the DA’s national federal congress, party leader John Steenhuisen appears to again be the front runner to lead but the names of Geordin Hill-Lewis, Solly Malatsi and Alan Winde have also been touted as those who will challenge for the party leader position. The conference has been confirmed to take place in April and already the race has started to heat up with several names emerging to contest Steenhuisen who has indicated his availability for re-election for a third term.
Chris Pappas, the mayor of the uMngeni Local Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal, says he is not available for any political office in the DA. Chris Pappas, the mayor of the uMngeni Local Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal has also been touted to be in the running to lead the DA but on Thursday he said he was not available for the Federal Leadership position. “No it is not the position I wish to contest,” said Pappas.
Solly Malatsi’s name has also been mentioned in the race for the DA leadership Among the leaders that are poised to challenge Steenhuisen, are current Cape Town mayor Hill-Lewis, Western Cape Premier Winde, Minister of Communications Malatsi and Helen Zille, the Chairperson of the Federal Council. If the DA conference delegates choose to consider age as a factor, Hill-Lewis and Malatsi are likely to pose a danger to Steenhuisen’s re-election ambitions with Winde, 60 and Zille, 74 dropping out.
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