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Helen Zille will face off with former Nelson Mandela Metro Mayor Athol Trollip and members of the National Assembly, Mike Waters and Thomas Walters.for the position of Chairperson of the party’s Federal Council. The DA has announced three other candidates who will contest the position.

Zille will face off with former Nelson Mandela Metro Mayor Athol Trollip and members of the National Assembly, Mike Waters and Thomas Walters.DA spokesperson Solly Malatsi says, “Any member of the organisation in good standing has the right to accept nomination for any position that they get nominated for. There are four nominees for the position of Federal Executive Chair to succeed James Selfe.”

Meanwhile, Director of the Auwal Socio-Economic Research Institute Angelo Fick says by throwing her hat in the ring, Zille is signalling that her decision to leave politics could have been uncomfortable.Watch a related video below:The following individuals have availed themselves for the position of Chairperson of the Federal Council:We trust that this will be a constructive period of campaigning and contestation of ideas between the candidates.

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