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The candidates for provincial leadership - DA WCape

Patricia de Lille and Lennit Max standing for provincial leader; Theuns Botha, Lennit Max and Bonginkosi Madikizela for deputy position

Candidates for DA Western Cape Provincial Congress

16 February 2015

The Western Cape DA will hold its Provincial Congress on Saturday 18 April 2015 at the His People Centre, N1 City, Goodwood.

The Provincial Congress is the highest decision-making body in the province and is made up of delegates who are ordinary members and public representatives from DA branches across the province.

The Provincial Congress is tasked with filling six Provincial Leadership positions. These positions are: Provincial Leader, Deputy Provincial Leader, Provincial Chairperson, Provincial Deputy Chairperson (3 positions), Additional members (4 positions) and Chairperson of Finance.

Each of the elections will be conducted by secret ballot. A total of 33 nominations have been received for the six positions available.

The following members have been nominated for the positions described above:

Provincial Leader:

Patricia de Lille

Lennit Max

Deputy Provincial Leader:

Theuns Botha (incumbent)

Bonginkosi Madikizela

Lennit Max

Provincial Chairperson

Anton Bredell (incumbent)

Provincial Deputy Chairperson (3 positions)

Memory Booysen

Albert Fritz (incumbent)

Tandeka Gqada

Conrad Poole

Beverley Schafer

Grant Twigg

Tijmen van Essen

Benedicta van Minnen

Christelle Vosloo

Additional Members (4 positions)

Memory Booysen

Pierre du Preez

Guy Harris (incumbent)

Julian Kritzinger

Siyabulela Mameki

Mathlodi Maseko

Lulama Ntlemeza

Daniel Plato

Conrad Poole

Beverley Schafer

Jean-Pierre Smith

Ockert Terblanche (incumbent)

Grant Twigg (incumbent)

Tijmen van Essen

Aletta van Zyl

Christelle Vosloo

Chairperson of Finance

Gert Combrinck

Andricus van der Westhuizen (incumbent)

The DA's ability to conduct internal elective contests professionally, is what sets us apart from any other political party. On 18 April, over 1300 delegates will cast their vote for the leaders of their choice.

Statement issued by Han-marié Marshall-Van Zyl, DA Western Cape Provincial Managing Director, February 16 2015

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