The DA will on Sunday afternoon know who will complete the top leadership structures in the party.The newly elected leadership will take the party into its 2019 national election campaign.Voting for leadership positions started at 6am on Sunday morning and was set to conclude by 9am. An announcement was expected to take place by 13:00 on Sunday.Mmusi Maimane stood uncontested as leader of the party, while James Selfe, the chairman of the federal executive, also retained his position after not being contested.The key contest is for the position of the federal chairperson, a post currently held by Athol Trollip. Trollip, who is also mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay, has thrown his name in the hat again, but is being challenged by Tshwane mayor Solly Msimanga and Annelie Lotriet, provincial chairperson in the DA in the Free State.Feverish campaigning continued on the first day of the congress on Saturday, with delegates openly indicating who they would support. Posters, T-shirts, stickers a...
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