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144 Gauteng delegates declare themselves for Maimane - Campaign

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:

- 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)

- 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)

- Bridget Masango (DA MP)

- Glynnis Breytenbach (DA MP)

- Vasco Da Gama (Caucus Leader in Johannesburg Council)

- Rabelani Dagada (Councillor in Jouhannesburg)

- 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