Steenhuisen re-elected SA's main opposition leader
President Cyril Ramaphosa will run for re-election on behalf of the ANC, a party whose support has dwindled in recent years.
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In an effort to unseat the African National Congress (ANC) as the country's ruling party in the national elections held next year, the Democratic Alliance, the largest opposition party in South Africa, re-elected John Steenhuisen as its head on Sunday.
In order to defeat his opponent, former Johannesburg executive mayor Mpho Phalatse, who received only 17% of the vote, Mr. Steenhuisen received 83% of the vote.
For the ensuing three years, he will be the party's leader.
Prior to the 2024 elections, the DA will collaborate with other "like-minded parties," according to Mr. Steenhuisen's acceptance address.
In the upcoming elections, he disallowed cooperation with the larger opposition group, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), as well as the ruling ANC.
Following Mmusi Maimane's resignation as DA chairman in November 2019, Mr. Steenhuisen assumed control of the party.
