144 Gauteng delegates declare themselves for Maimane - Campaign
Geordin Hill-Lewis - Mike Moriarity |
28 April 2015
Solly Msimanga, Mike Moriarty, Anchen Dreyer, Jack Bloom and others back PL's candidacy for DA leadership
Gauteng is mobilising behind Mmusi Maimane for Leader
28 April 2015
Candidate for DA Federal Leader Mmusi Maimane today received a letter of public support from 144 Gauteng delegates to the DA’s Federal Congress.
[Copy of letter below]
The letter was sent to Maimane by DA Chief Whip in the Gauteng Legislature, Mike Moriarty MPL. Moriarty wrote: “On behalf of myself and the colleagues from Gauteng listed below, we wish to congratulate you and indicate that we will be voting for you in the upcoming Federal Congress.”
The names on the letter include a number of prominent Gauteng DA public representatives and party office-bearers such as:
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- Solly Msimanga (DA MPL & Gauteng DA Chairperson)
- Thomas Walters (DA MP & Deputy Chairperson of Federal Council)
- Anchen Dreyer (DA MP and Deputy Federal Chairperson)
- Jack Bloom (DA MPL and former Gauteng Caucus Leader)
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- Tsepo Mhlongo (DA MP)
- Marius Redelinghuys (DA MP & National Spokesperson)
- Janet Semple (DA MPL and former Gauteng Provincial Leader)
- Brandon Topham (Gauteng DA Finance Chairperson)
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- Bridget Masango (DA MP)
- Glynnis Breytenbach (DA MP)
- Vasco Da Gama (Caucus Leader in Johannesburg Council)
- Rabelani Dagada (Councillor in Jouhannesburg)
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- Given Mogane (Deputy Whip in Johannesburg Council)
- Dion George (DA MP & Federal Finance Chairperson)
- Fred Nel (Chair of DA MPL Network)
These endorsements follow DA Western Cape Leader Patricia de Lille’s letter of support for Mmusi Maimane released yesterday.
There’s a groundswell of support inside and outside the party for Maimane to become the next Leader of the Democratic Alliance. DA delegates want a Leader that can win over voters who share the DA’s values, but do not yet vote for the party. This is what Maimane offers, which is why the party is swinging behind his candidacy.
Text of the letter with signatories:
28 April 2015
Mr. Mmusi Maimane Parliamentary Leader Democratic Alliance
Dear Mmusi,
On behalf of myself and the colleagues from Gauteng listed below, we wish to congratulate you and indicate that we will be voting for you in the upcoming Federal Congress.
We wish you every success.
The colleagues are:
Solly Msimanga
Shadrack Mkhonto
Frans Smith
Janho Engelbrecht
Tsepo Mhlongo
Tim Truluck
Fred Nel
Rashieda Landis
Thabelo Maraka
Brandon Topham
Noni Sifumba
Jacques Julius
Bridget Masango
Funzi Ngobeni
Gerry Holtzhausen
Marius Redelinghuys
Ben Chapman
Dean Stone
Janet Semple
Bongani Nkwanyana
Natasha Mazzone
Craig Harrison
Alan Sauls
Stefanie Kruger
Ralf Bittkau
Patrick Seemela
Johan Welmans
Jack Bloom
Balderic Dreyer
Anthony Still
Glynnis Breytenbach
Sasekisa Mabasa
Hannes Coetzee
Francois Bekker
Linda Parsonson
Matome Mafokwane
Toby Chance
Mirna Mulder
John Mendelsohn
Yolanda Duvenage
Bruna Haipel
Juanita Du Plooy
Vasco Da Gama
Jack Cooper
JD Mashego
Bongani Nkomo
Michael Sun
Marcelle Ravid
Sizwe Mnguni
Victor Mhlari
Blackie Zwart
Refilwe Mathebula
Edward Von Bodenstein
Duncan Baker
Cameron Mackenzie
Gerhard Kruger
Andrea Coetzee
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Gerrit Coetzee
Jill Humphreys
Richard Lees
Christo vd Heever
Alan McLoughlin
Johan Jansen
Sharon Peetz
Carlos Da Rocha
Anchen Dreyer
Neil Campbell
Phyllis Masemola
Graham De Kock
Vusi Mcunana
Peter Stewart
Siobhan Muller
Tyrell Meyers
Veronica Dyson
Alfred Ncube
Jaco Engelbrecht
Peter Sutton
Annette Deppe
Katja Naumann
Freddie Peters
Solly Nkhi
Vincent Earp
Suzanne Clarke
Michele Clarke
Rabelani Dagada
Lydia Moloi
Adriana Randall
Evert Du Plessis
Tiziana Burtone
Phillip Nothnagel
Laura Isherwood
Richard Newby
Martin Louw
Gert Pretorius
Elma Nel
Gary Isherwood
Dennis Ryder
Karel Minnie
Gary Ramaru
Kevin Wax
Mike Mkhari
Unus Joosub
Alan Fuchs
Dion George
Given Mogane
Steve Kruger
Heinrich Volmink
Wayne De Agrella
Tania Campbell
Patrick Atkinson
Marnette Sutherland
Ernest Maraka
Manny De Freitas
Inneth Mbatha
Kenneth Mubu
Darren Bergman
Carlos Rebelo
Philip Tamahane
Nick Pascoe
Haseena Ismail
Tracey Butler
Laurette Van Zijl
Samantha Nair
Sergio Dos Santos
Attie Moleko
Jabu Hlatshwayo
Arnold Van Niekerk
Estelle Visser
Paul Willemburg
Ernest Modise
Clive Napier
Amanda Forsythe
Stephen Moore
Tshidi Ramodupi
Abel Ngwenya
Glenda Stey
David Lucas
Geoff Fenn
Thomas Walters
Suzette Fourie
Bruce Reid
Jakkie Naude
Eulbri Kubayi
Maggie Erasmus
Kind regards,
Mike Moriarty
DA Chief Whip in the Gauteng Legislature
ENDS
Statement issued by Geordin Hill-Lewis, Maimane for Leader Campaign, April 28 2015