The 5th Democratic Alliance (DA) congress kicked off  at the Tshwane events centre in Pretoria on Saturday morning for the party’s national elective conference

DA leader Mmusi Maimane is expected to be re-elected unopposed. Maimane says they will use the occasion to champion policies that will position the party as an alternative government during the 2019 elections

 

Watch Day 1 of the two day congress.