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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