South Africa's main opposition leader Steenhuisen wins another term

FILE PHOTO: Opposition Democratic Alliance party leader John Steenhuisen speaks at South Africa's parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, December 13, 2022. REUTERS/Esa Alexander/File Photo

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance, re-elected John Steenhuisen as its leader on Sunday, putting him in prime position as it campaigns to unseat the ruling African National Congress (ANC) in next year's national elections.

The forty-seven year old, who received 83% of the vote at the Democratic Alliance's national congress in Johannesburg, was running against the former mayor of Johannesburg, Mpho Phalatse, who would have been only the second Black leader in the party's history.