A second shot at the DA federal chairperson role is on the table for Solly Msimanga as the party gears up for a wide-open leadership contest in April.
Msimanga officially enters the race
Msimanga officially enters the race
- Solly Msimanga confirmed his bid for DA federal chairperson on 27 February during a public address.
- Nominations open this weekend, and he plans to accept them immediately.
- The 45-year-old previously lost a run at the same position back in 2018.
- Multiple provincial leaders and party members reportedly urged him to jump in.
- Msimanga served as Executive Mayor of Tshwane from 2016 to 2019.
- He chaired the DA's Gauteng provincial structures from 2014 to 2017.
- His current gig is Leader of the Opposition in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature.
- Service delivery, cleaner audits, and fiscal discipline defined his mayoral tenure.
- Federal leader John Steenhuisen confirmed he will not seek re-election at the April congress.
- Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis is widely tipped to contest the top federal leader spot.
- A Msimanga-Hill-Lewis combo could form a fresh leadership pairing for the party.
- The federal chairperson oversees internal party structures and strategic direction.
