DA hopefuls have until Friday to submit their names for the race to become the party’s provincial premier candidates in the 2019 general election. The election has been touted as the most hotly contested since 1994. The DA’s stronghold is in the Western Cape and the party is aiming to add Gauteng and the Northern Cape to the provinces it runs. The party’s Anchen Dreyer, who is on Gauteng’s selection panel for the provincial lists to the legislature, said the selection of the premier candidates would be in the hands of the 20-person selection panel. It comprises 10 federal executive members and 10 provincial executive members. Dreyer said the process was not based on a popular vote but on how the candidate was scored by the selection panel. In Gauteng, Makashule Gana, a member of the legislature, was first to throw his name into the hat and has already started campaigning to be the DA’s premier candidate. It is understood DA MP and a former mayoral candidate in Ekurhuleni, Ghaleb Cac...
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