South Africa’s opposition party, the DA will yet again be led by John Steenhuisen who will be the poster boy for the party’s 2024 general election campaign.
On Sunday, Steenhuisen was crowned DA leader at the party’s 2023 elective congress held in Johannesburg, beating his opponent, Mpho Phalatse. His election means he will take the party to the general elections in 2024 and lead it for the next three years.
Cheers erupted from congress delegates when Steenhuisen was announced as party leader. Helen Zille, the party’s federal council chairperson, was re-elected unopposed. The three newly elected deputy chairpersons of the federal council are Thomas Walters, Annelie Lotriet and Ashor Sarupen who will be deputising for Zille.