STRAIGHT TALK
31 March 2023
This weekend, 2000 delegates from DA branches across the country will come together in Johannesburg to elect new leadership. The DA’s Federal Congress is possibly the most important political event for South Africa ahead of the 2024 general election.
The new leadership will lead the DA into the election and beyond. With the ANC having fully exposed itself as a network of competing criminal syndicates, the DA is now South Africa’s government-in-waiting: the largest opposition party and the only one with a proven track record of good, honest government.
Several polls have confirmed that the ANC will lose it majority in 2024, ushering in an era of coalition government at the national level. The new DA leadership elected this weekend will play a central role in achieving the best possible coalition outcome.
The DA is the only party in South Africa that practices internal democracy. The ANC also has a regular public elective congress (every 5 years) to elect new leadership, but the outcome is the result of vote-buying and bribery.