John Henry Steenhuisen

John Steenhuisen's centre-right Democratic Alliance made most of the compromises as his team negotiated over jobs and policies with President Cyril Ramaphosa and the African National Congress to keep the GNU on the road...

The following GNU members are tipped to play a key role: John Steenhuisen: Leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA) and Minister of Agriculture – a portfolio regarded as crucial to economic growth...

On the DA front its parliamentary chief John Steenhuisen and Helen Zille who led the party's negotiating team have a new swagger which could yet be disappointed if they fail to secure some high-powered cabinet posts in the coalition...

A combination of lost digital versions of a draft statement of intent a mislaid laptop and a cracked smartphone meant that the final version with key amendments approved by Cyril Ramaphosa and his allies in the leadership of the African National Congress had not reached Zille in time for her to give the go-ahead to DA leader John Steenhuisen to agree to the GNU deal even as the elective session was under way in parliament...

The Democratic Alliance led by John Steenhuisen which won 21...

But others fear that there will be major push-back from elements in the party who see the DA of Helen Zille and John Steenhuisen as representing white interests and unable to retain black leaders despite its multi-racial rank-and-file (AC Vol 61 No 4 Opposition in flux)...

Political parties rolled out the big guns including President Cyril Ramaphosa and John Steenhuisen the DA leader in Cape Town...

The four major parties in contention are the ANC; the centre-right Democratic Alliance (DA) headed by John Steenhuisen and Helen Zille; Julius Malema's populist EFF; and Zuma's MK party...

There is also a divide between those who favour a coalition with Julius Malema's populist Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and those who want closer ties with the centrist Democratic Alliance (DA) of John Steenhuisen...

His supporters calculate that his anti-apartheid struggle credentials and his business experience would give him more electoral weight than the main opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen who is the prime mover behind the alliance (AC Vol 64 No 23 Contenders brace for electoral upsets)...

For the leaders – Cyril Ramaphosa in the ANC and John Steenhuisen in the DA – it is their last chance...

Just three days after John Steenhuisen newly re-elected leader of the opposition Democratic Alliance announced a 'moonshot pact' with other parties ahead of the 2024 elections the DA was unable to wrestle any council seats away from the ruling African National Congress in by-elections...