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Delegates cast their vote in favor of Madikizela at the party’s provincial congress on Saturday.
Western Cape Transport MEC Bonginkosi Madikizela. Image: EWN
CAPE TOWN – Western Cape Transport and Public Works MEC Bonginkosi Madikizela has been re-elected as the provincial leader of the DA.
Delegates cast their votes in favor of Madikizela at the party’s provincial congress on Saturday.
Albert Fritz was elected vice president.
The party in the province saw a highly contested conference with various party members, from MPs to councilors, fighting for seats.
Madikizela’s election as provincial leader will see him lead the party for next year’s local government elections, where the party aims to win all municipalities in the province.
His election was not without controversy and came amid charges of murder and assassination plot in the run-up to Congress.
But the party congress in the only DA-led province in the country went smoothly in electing a new leadership.
Congress President Desiree van der Walt said: “Delegates, the leader for the new term of this province is Bonginkosi Madikizela.”
Accepting his re-election, Madikizela said the party must unite if it is serious about the government of the Western Cape and the country.
“If we take the salvation of South Africa seriously and if we take the government of the Western Cape seriously.”
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