Back Demokratiese Alliansie Afrikaans التحالف الديمقراطي (جنوب إفريقيا) Arabic Demokratická aliance Czech Democratic Alliance German Alianza Democrática (Sudáfrica) Spanish Demokraattinen allianssi Finnish Alliance démocratique (Afrique du Sud) French Alianza Democrática (Suráfrica) Galician הברית הדמוקרטית (דרום אפריקה) HE Aliansi Demokrat (Afrika Selatan) ID
Democratic Alliance Demokratiese Alliansie (Afrikaans) | |
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| Abbreviation | DA |
| Federal Leader | John Steenhuisen |
| Federal Chairperson | Ivan Meyer |
| Deputy Federal Chairpersons | JP Smith Solly Malatsi Anton Bredell |
| Federal Council Chairperson | Helen Zille[1] |
| Deputy Federal Council Chairpersons | Ashor Sarupen Annelie Lotriet Thomas Walters |
| Founded | 24 June 2000 |
| Preceded by | Democratic Party |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre[A] |
| National affiliation | Multi-Party Charter (MPC) |
| International affiliation | Liberal International |
| Continental affiliation | Africa Liberal Network |
| Colours | Blue |
| Slogan | "Freedom, Fairness, Opportunity and Diversity" |
| National Assembly | 87 / 400 |
| NCOP | 20 / 90 |
| Pan African Parliament | 1 / 5 |
| SADC Parliamentary Forum | 1 / 6 |
| Provincial Legislatures | 89 / 430 |
| Cape Town City Council | 135 / 231 |
| Website | |
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^ A: It is attributed to both centre-left and centre-right policies and is often described with either label. | |
The Democratic Alliance (DA; Afrikaans: Demokratiese Alliansie) is a South African political party and the official opposition to the ruling African National Congress (ANC). The party is broadly centrist,[4][5] and has been attributed both centre-left[6] and centre-right[7] policies. It is a member of Liberal International and the Africa Liberal Network. The DA traces its roots to the founding of the anti-apartheid Progressive Party in 1959, with many mergers and name changes between that time and the present. The DA has a variety of ideologically liberal[8] tendencies, including neoliberalism,[9] social liberalism,[10] classical liberalism,[10] and conservative liberalism.[11][12]
The current leader of the party is John Steenhuisen, who was announced as the new leader on 1 November 2020 after the party's Federal Congress. He had previously acted as the interim leader of the party from November 2019 to November 2020.[13] Helen Zille is chairperson of both the Federal Council and the Federal Executive, the highest decision-making structures of the party.[14] In addition to governing several major metropolitan municipalities, the DA has been governing the Western Cape, one of South Africa's nine provinces, since the 2009 general election.
The party draws its support predominantly from Afrikaans and English-speaking people, people aged over 35, and white people, as well as the Indian and Coloured communities.[15][better source needed]
- ^ Manyathela, Clement. "Helen Zille is the new DA Federal Council chair". ewn.co.za. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- ^ Cuthberg, Mat (5 May 2024). "A revitalised, nonracial DA is set to catch voters". Democratic Alliance.
- ^ "South Africa's opposition vows anti-corruption fight". Deutsche Welle. 23 February 2019.
- ^ Ibrahim Abraham, ed. (2021). Race, Class and Christianity in South Africa: Middle-Class Moralities. Routledge. ISBN 9781000426809.
- ^ Bertus de Villiers; Joseph Marko; Francesco Palermo; Sergiu Constantin, eds. (2021). Litigating the Rights of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples in Domestic and International Courts. BRILL. p. 60. ISBN 9789004461666.
As a political force the Afrikaans community in the 2019 general election principally supported two political parties at a national level, the centrist Democratic Alliance and the conservative Freedom Front Plus (Saba 2019).
- ^ Focus on Gordhan and Manuel, John Matisonn, 29 April 2009, "Many DA policies are to the left of Cope [itself a centre-right party]"
- ^ A critique of the Democratic Alliance Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Frans Cronje, South African Institute of Race Relations, november 2008 "...the DA whose centre-right position in South African politics could now face a credible challenge for the first time"
- ^ Letita Rohanlall (2014). "Party Ideology in South Africa" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 February 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ Bond, Patrick (1 March 2011). "South African splinters: from 'elite transition' to 'small-a alliances'". Review of African Political Economy. 38 (127): 119, 114–117. doi:10.1080/03056244.2011.552690. ISSN 0305-6244.
- ^ a b Yusuf Sayed and Robert Van Niekerk (9 June 2023). "Ideology and the good society in South Africa: the education policies of the Democratic Alliance" (PDF). Southern African Review of Education, 23 (1): 52–69. ISSN 1563-4418.
- ^ Pather, Raeesa (24 October 2019). "Will the DA survive Mmusi Maimane's resignation?". Al Jazeera English. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
Zille...is seen as representing a conservative-liberal grouping within the DA.
- ^ "South Africa's Democratic Alliance Weathers Twitter Scandal".
- ^ "John Steenhuisen elected DA's new leader". EWN. 1 November 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
- ^ Gerber, Jan (9 October 2019). "EXPLAINED l What is the DA's federal council". News24. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- ^ "The supporter profiles of SA's three largest parties". Politicsweb. Ipsos. 5 February 2014. Archived from the original on 12 March 2016.
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