POLITICAL WEEK AHEAD: DA leaders John Steenhuisen and Helen Zille to address press club
Top officials are expected to deal with the leadership crisis in the party after resignation of leaders
27 October 2019 - 16:43
Former DA chief whip John Steenhuisen, who will assume the position of parliamentary leader after being nominated unopposed at the weekend, is billed to address the Cape Town Press Club on Monday, when he is expected to deal with the leadership crisis within the official opposition party.
Top DA leaders — including Mmusi Maimane, former Nelson Mandela Bay mayor and erstwhile federal chair Athol Trollip, and former Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba — all resigned last week after former Western Cape premier Helen Zille returned to the party’s top leadership...
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