DA's Gwen Ngwenya declines seat in Parliament

The Democratic Alliance's former head of policy, Gwen Ngwenya, has declined to take up a seat in Parliament. She announced this in a post to her Twitter account on Thursday morning.

Ngwenya, who resigned as head of the party's policy unit in January, said she'd like to work"on issues at the nexus of tech and public policy". She added:"There are great people who will be on those benches," before wishing the party a"successful term". I have decided not to take up my seat in the 6th Parliament. Before policy dev I worked in fintech, and I’d like to work now on issues at the nexus of tech and public policy. There are great people who will be on those benches, and I wish the DA a successful term.Ngwenya was formerly the chief operating officer of the Institute of Race Relations.

She resigned as policy head in a scathing letter to DA leader Mmusi Maimane about the development and implementation of policy, criticising leadership for not taking it seriously.Read more on:

She has done and will still do great work for the DA. She must find her niche that suits her best.

I guess she is going to Harvard....

Parliament is not for the weak

House nigros mxmmm

The Our_DA has no place for libertarians anymore, if you not a trendy lefty then you don’t belong in their party.

May be she will be the president

Lindiwe and Gwen, same Whatsapp group

Too smart for a party that is not decisive on anything. Her talents were wasting away.

She is too model c for the DA.

Because she knows the DA is a joke

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