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Updated · Financial Times · Apr 12Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis Elected Leader of South Africa's Democratic Alliance
57 articles · Updated · Financial Times · Apr 12
- Geordin Hill-Lewis, Cape Town’s mayor, has been elected leader of South Africa’s Democratic Alliance (DA) at the party’s federal congress.
- Hill-Lewis pledged to transform the DA into the country’s largest party, aiming to lead the national government after serving as a coalition partner.
- His leadership comes amid declining ANC support and ongoing coalition governance, with crime and law and order set as his top policy priorities.
Can the DA's new leader move the party from junior partner to ruling power? Is the DA's coalition with the ANC a path to power or a political trap? Will the DA's pro-Western stance force a shift in South Africa's foreign policy? Is the DA's local governance model a blueprint for national success or a regional phenomenon? Can Helen Zille replicate her Cape Town success in the troubled metropolis of Johannesburg?