KZN DA sets sight on rural voters

Zwakele Mncwango, who was re-elected to lead the party in the province, says they are hoping to get the stamp of approval by voters both nationally and locally.  

South Africans will vote in General Elections next year.

"We managed to increase our vote share in Indian communities and we managed to increase our votes in rural areas. We had to go aggressively in rural areas. This is so that we can safely say, we can govern the province where there are most voters. 

"Most voters of KwaZulu-Natal are coming from rural areas. Most of them are split between the ANC and the IFP. The question is what can we do as the DA to attract voter support from rural areas," asked Mncwango. 

Mncwango also highlighted land reform as one of the issues they will be focusing on. 

In case you missed, here's the list of newly elected - DA Provincial Leadership - 

Provincial Leader: Zwakele Mncwango

Provincial Deputy Leader: Mergan Chetty MP

Provincial Chairperson: Francois Rodgers MPL

Provincial Deputy Chairpersons: Hlengiwe Shozi, Craig Millar, Shehana Kajee

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