NATIONAL NEWS - The DA’s reigning Gauteng leader, John Moodey, who was re-elected at the weekend, revealed massive campaign plans ahead of the 2019 elections, which include a training academy for potential candidates and recruiting 40 000 activists by next year.
This was in a bid to see the party clinch an outright majority, which Moodey said was part of the DA’s strategy to create a “wave effect” that would see the ruling party toppled in other provinces with below 50% of overall votes.
The opposition party held its provincial elective conference in Midrand on Saturday where more than 1 000 of its members registered to vote. It said whoever won would have the task to lead the party to victory in 2019.
Moodey, whose recent victory was preceded by a series of public spats with opponent Ghaleb Cachalia, said he had no ambitions of becoming the Gauteng Premier candidate and was only in it to help the DA win Gauteng.
