PHUTI MOSOMANE
THE two candidates for the leadership of the Democratic Alliance (DA) in South Africa, John Steenhuisen and Mpho Phalatse, have pledged to improve the party’s performance in the upcoming 2024 national and provincial elections.
Speaking to delegates at the DA federal congress held at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand on Saturday, both candidates pledged to bring significant changes to the party as a government-in-waiting.
Incumbent leader Steenhuisen promised to put an end to load shedding, while his opponent Phalatse vowed to restore the over one million votes the party lost in the 2021 local government elections and bring about positive change.
“Between the 2016 and 2021 Local Government Elections, our party lost more than 1.4 million votes. A total of 285 of our councillors lost their positions as elected public representatives in communities,” Phalatse said.
During her speech to the Congress delegates, Phalatse said that the voters
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