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The Democratic Alliance (DA) is a South African political party which is a part of the current South African Government of National Unity (GNU). The party has been the second-largest in South Africa since its foundation in 2000. The party is broadly centrist, [8] [9] and has been attributed both centre-left [10] and centre-right [11] [12] [13 ...
This is a list of political parties in South Africa. For most of its history, South Africa has been a democratic but one-party dominant state with the African National Congress (ANC) as the governing party, though this has waned as of 2024. The Democratic Alliance (DA) governs the Western Cape Province and a number of municipalities, some in ...
A South African general election was held on 29 May 2024 to elect the 28th Parliament of South Africa. [1] [2] Support for the incumbent governing party, the African National Congress (ANC), significantly declined in the election; the ANC remained the largest party but lost its majority in the National Assembly for the first time since the inaugural post-apartheid election in 1994. [3]
He was appointed as the DA's caucus leader in 2006. After the 2009 elections, he became a member of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature and was appointed the DA's caucus leader. Soon after, Steenhuisen was elected as the party's KwaZulu-Natal provincial leader, a position he held until he resigned in October 2010, amid an extramarital affair.
Leader of the Opposition (South Africa) Parliamentary Leader of the Democratic Alliance: The Hon. John Steenhuisen MP: Presidency The Hon. Solly Malatsi MP: The Hon. Joe McGluwa MP: Presidency: Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities The Hon. Nazley Sharif MP: The Hon. Nomsa Tarabella Marchesi MP: Presidency: Electricity The Hon. Samantha ...
The Democratic Alliance (DA) retained their position as official opposition in the 2019 general election and Mmusi Maimane announced his shadow cabinet on 5 June 2019. [1] Mmusi Maimane resigned as Leader of the Opposition in October 2019. John Steenhuisen was elected as his successor and leads the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet. [2]
The Republic of South Africa is a unitary parliamentary democratic republic.The President of South Africa serves both as head of state and as head of government.The President is elected by the National Assembly (the lower house of the South African Parliament) and must retain the confidence of the Assembly in order to remain in office.
Wikipedia categories named after political parties in South Africa (9 C) Pages in category "Political parties in South Africa" The following 73 pages are in this category, out of 73 total.