It’s Back To Bokamoso As DA Braces For Fiery Federal Council Meet

Riyaz Patel

Ahead of what is shaping up to be a fiery and combative DA Federal Council meeting this weekend, leader Mmusi Maimane said his party cannot afford to be content with “being the voice of minorities” and must “broaden our appeal to attract more black South Africans.”

The DA will at its Federal Council – its highest decision-making body between congresses – be electing a new Council chair to succeed party veteran James Selfe who has served in the position for close to two decades.

In making this choice, Maimane said, “the focus must be about building the DA of the future.”

Former party leader Helen Zille and Athol Trollip are the front-runners in a field that also includes Thomas Walters and Mike Waters.

But, it appears, that at the heart of a fierce internal battle is Maimane’s vision of ‘a new DA’ which has culminated in calls for him to step down