HELEN ZILLE CALLS IT A DAY AS DA LEADER.

On Sunday Afternoon  April 12th 2015 Democratic Alliance (DA) Leader Helen Zille
Announced That She Will Not Be Making Herself Available For Nomination Or Re
Election As Leader Of The DA, At The National / Federal Convetion To Be Held In
May 2015. 

Helen Zille Has Lead The DA For Approximately 8 Years. During Which
The DA Has Seen It's Voter Following Grow During Every Election Under Her
Leadership. 

During Her Leadership The DA And The Independent Democrats Lead By
Patricia De Lille Merged. This Proved To Be Very Popular. 

Under Her Leadership
She Has Expanded The DA Voter Following To Approximately 22% Of The Electorate
Making The DA Decidedly The Biggest Opposition. 

During Her Leadership She Also
Held The Office Of Mayor In Cape Town.

This Post Eventually Has Been Handed
Over To Deputy Leader Of The DA Patricia De Lille.
 
Currently Hellen Zille Is
The Incumbent  Premier Of The Western Cape. It's Also Under Her Watch That She
Has Made Sure That The Western Cape Has Remained Decidedly DA And Out Of The
African National Congress' (ANC) Control, Despite The ANC's Attempts To Make The
Western Cape Ungovernable, A Strategy Which Has Largely Backfired On The ANC.


Helen Zille Was Actively Anti - Apartheid Prior To Her Political Career Within
The DA. But Since Her Leadership Within And Of The DA Has Been Defined As One Of
Defending And Entrenching South Africa's Constitution Which Is The Backbone And
Key To Defining South Africa As A Liberal Constitutional Society Where All Are
Equal Under The Constitution And Before The Law.  This Was Highlighted With Her
Tireless Determination To Have The Evidence With Regards To The Arms Deal
Scandal Which Was Classified Made Public. This Resulted In A Famous Court
Victory In Cape Town And The Court Ordered That The NPA Who Had Tried To Keep It
Buried, Hand The Evidence Over To The Attorneys Representing DA. 

As Opposition
Leader She Has Done An Enormous Amount Of Good And Will Be Sorely Missed. We
Hope That She Will Not Be Totally Absent. But We Most Certainly Do Say Thank You
For All You've Done For The DA And For South Africa As Leader Of The DA. We Wish
You Well And Every Success For The Remainder Of Your Term As Premier Of The
Western Cape. 

DA Leaders Seen Here At The Fight For Johannesburg Campaigne Hosted By The Democratic Allaince.