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The Democratic Alliance (DA) has elected its new leadership in Boksburg, Gauteng, although a number of incumbents retained their positions unopposed.
Helen Zille was unopposed as party leader, as were the Chairperson of Federal Council, James Selfe, and the Chairperson of the Federal Legal Commission, Hendrik Schmidt (incumbent).
The three Deputy Federal Chairperson positions went to Mmusi Maimane, Anchen Dreyer (incumbent), and Makashule Gana. The Federal Chairperson remained Wilmot James.
The Congress was attended by 1466 delegates, and the province with the biggest turn-out was Limpopo with 93.6% of its delegates attending.
The DA’s Federal Constitution will in future be translated into all South African official languages as well as braille. The fifth Federal Congress of the DA in Boksburg on the East Rand accepted a resolution to make the content of the DA official website available in all 11 official languages.
Every Provincial Constituency will also now be available in the languages predominant in the respective province. The resolution was the second last the congress discussed.

– By Christelle du Toit

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