CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South Africa's main opposition party, the liberal Democratic Alliance (DA), elected a new leader on Sunday, former chief whip in parliament John Steenhuisen, 44, in a sometimes fractious internal contest ahead of local elections next year.
At a two-day elective conference held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic and attended by more than 2,000 delegates, Steenhuisen won 80% of the vote.
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