CHARLES MOLELE
JOHN Steenhuisen was elected new leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA) at the party’s two-day virtual elective congress, attended by just over 2 000 delegates.
He won by 80% of votes cast.
Steenhuisen has been an interim leader of the party following the sudden resignation of Mmusi Maimane in October last year, saying despite his best efforts, the DA was ‘not the vehicle best suited to take forward the vision of building ‘One South Africa for All’.”
Steenhuisen contested for the top position against DA’s former youth leader Mbali Ntuli.
His victory will see him lead the Da, the largest opposition party in South Africa, in the 2024 presidential elections against the African National Congress, which has governed the country since the end of apartheid in 1994.
“I have travelled a long road in the DA. I fought to fix potholes in the roads when I was a
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