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DA leader Mmusi Maimane. Picture: Leon Sadiki
As the deadline approaches for political parties to submit names of
their nominated candidates for the August 3 local government elections, the
Democratic Alliance today announced that for the first time ever, it will field
candidates in all the wards.
We give you 10 interesting numbers about the party and its
candidates:
1. The DA will contest elections in all 259 municipalities in South
Africa.
2. It will submit candidates for all 4392 wards that are being
contested.
3. The party received 8299 applications for aspirant candidates,
who went through the DA candidate selection process.
4. The party received 550 appeals from unsatisfied potential
candidates.
5. The party has announced 44 mayoral candidates for the
municipalities where it says it has a realistic chance of winning.
6. Of the 44 mayoral candidates, seven will run for the mayoral
chain in seven metropolitan municipalities.
7. 14 of those 44 mayoral candidates are women.
8. Nine of them are returning mayors
9. Three were deputy mayors but will now contest the top
position
10. More than 800 candidates went through the party’s “potential
candidates’ programme”, which equips members to become better candidates.
