DA WC premier candidate Winde shrugs off race questions, wants to build a team
The DA's Western Cape premier candidate, Alan Winde, views his biggest strength as the ability to put a team together - and that is going to be his starting point in campaigning for next year's election.
"It is not about ruling. It is about putting a team together," he said at a press conference where DA leader Mmusi Maimane announced that Winde had been selected.
Winde beat fellow candidates, DA provincial leader Bonginkosi Madikizela and DA MP David Maynier after a "rigorous process".
"I'm really humbled, honoured that my party has given me this opportunity. It is a huge opportunity. I'll put my full weight behind it."
Race was part and parcel of South African politics, and Winde, a white male, said he expected the opposition in the province to play the race card.