DA in a position to disrupt ANC in Eastern Cape, top contender Andrew Whitfield says - Current chairperson hopes to take over from Nqaba Bhanga when the DA elects provincial leaders – and to deliver an upset in the 2024 election
, who has ambitions of being elected into the party’s national structures.
The DA is expecting to host 370 delegates in Graaff-Reinet this weekend, with Whitfield and Chantel King vying for the post of provincial leader. King is a former Buffalo City councillor and a member of parliament. As the current Eastern Cape chairperson, Whitfield is considered a party veteran, having led alongside the likes of Athol Trollip, the former Eastern Cape chair who went up against Helen Zille for federal council chair in 2020. , Whitfield said he intends to place his focus on the massive rural support in the province, where the ANC currently holds a two-thirds majority.
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