POLITICAL GOVERNANCE
DA committee wants party leaders’ term raised to five years
The DA’s constitutional review committee is recommending that the party’s elected leadership serve a five-year term, up from the current three years. This is likely to spark heated debate when the country’s main opposition convenes for its federal congress in April. DA leader Mmusi Maimane will be elected for another term unopposed. Some within the party have vehemently opposed the proposal to extend the term of elected leaders, saying it will centralise power and "mean less democracy". According to a document containing some of the proposals of the committee, which Business Day has seen, the federal congress meets two years before the national and provincial elections (at least once every three years). The document said the effect of the amendment will be that, subject to certain checks and balances, federal congress will be held only once every five years. "It now costs a huge amount of money to hold a one-and-a-half-day meeting, and while the renewal of mandates is critical, it i...
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