A succession plan will see new leaders taking the reigns when a provincial elective congress is held in March 2018.
Mpumalanga DA leader James Masango is retiring from active politics, a spokesperson of the party revealed.
A provincial elective congress at the Graceland Casino in Secunda in March this year will elect new leaders, with Masango voluntarily stepping aside for Jane Sithole to take the baton.
“He is old and has served many years in the party,” provincial spokeswoman Dumisile Masuku told the 013NEWS reporter on Thursday this week.
“He is retiring,” she said.
“And I think after the general elections in 2019 he won’t come back to the legislature. He wants to rest now,” Masuku said.
Nominations for leaders to serve in the Mpumalanga DA closed a week ago and show that Sithole, who is the sole nominee for the position of provincial leader, will emerge unopposed.
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Masuku said the party will announce the full list of the nominated candidates but it’s believed Bosman Grobler will be the new chair.
Masango, Sithole and Grobler are the only three members of the DA in the Mpumalanga legislature.
The DA has the positions of leader and that of chairperson and the leader, as in Mmusi Maimane who is the national leader, is the face of the party, and the chairperson, like Athol Trolip, who is currently the national chair, convenes and presides over party meetings.
Sithole, who is currently Mpumalanga chair, will take over as the leader and Grobler may take this seat to become the new chair.
“We will announce the nominated candidates anytime from now,” she said this week.
(edited by MLM)
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