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Vol 67 No 5

Published 6th March 2026


South Africa

Zille – the power behind the DA’s throne

The veteran chief has cleared the way for her protégé to become the next party leader while she prepares to run for mayor of Johannesburg

Having been the most vocal critic of Democratic Alliance leader John Steenhuisen, who in February announced his plans to vacate the leadership, Helen Zille looks set to entrench her status as the grande dame of the DA by ensuring her protégé Geordin Hill-Lewis will succeed him.

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