Staff Reporter
Democratic Alliance (DA) federal leader Geordin Hill-Lewis has told delegates in KwaZulu-Natal that the party must fight to win Durban in the local government elections, saying eThekwini could recover only if voters chose a party with a record of governing well.
Speaking at the DA’s provincial congress, which started at the Olive Convention Centre on Durban’s north beach precinct on Saturday, Hill-Lewis said the party’s task in the province was now “bigger than opposition” as South Africa prepares for local elections on 4 November.
“Our task is to become the governing alternative in this province. The biggest party in this province,” Hill-Lewis said.
He said KZN would be a key test of whether the DA could grow beyond its existing base and govern in complex coalition arrangements while remaining“principled, disciplined, and clear about what it stands for”.
KZN is governed by a narrow IFP-led provincial unity coalition, which
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