The official political opposition in South Africa(SA), the Democratic Alliance(DA), is in mourning  following the death of the party veteran former leader, James Selfe at the age of 68.  Selfe lost his protracted battle with cancer on Tuesday. He was elected to the country's first democratic parliament in 1994 and served in the national assembly until his retirement in 2021.

He also served in the Portfolio Committee  of Justice and Correctional Services and was Chair of the DA's Federal Council for almost 20 years until 2019.

In 2021 Selfe testified at the State Capture Commission about corruption in Correctional Services specifically with regards to Bosasa in his capacity as DA's Shadow Minister for Correctional Services since 2009.

Tributes have poured in for the man who has been described as a pioneer and a true democrat. For more, Peter Ndoro spoke to current DA spokesperson, Siviwe Gwarube....

The official political opposition in South Africa(SA), the Democratic Alliance(DA), is in mourning  following the death of the party veteran former leader, James Selfe at the age of 68.  Selfe lost his protracted battle with cancer on Tuesday. He was elected to the country's first democratic parliament in 1994 and served in the national assembly until his retirement in 2021.
He also served in the Portfolio Committee  of Justice and Correctional Services and was Chair of the DA's Federal Council for almost 20 years until 2019.
In 2021 Selfe testified at the State Capture Commission about corruption in Correctional Services specifically with regards to Bosasa in his capacity as DA's Shadow Minister for Correctional Services since 2009.
Tributes have poured in for the man who has been described as a pioneer and a true democrat. For more, Peter Ndoro spoke to current DA spokesperson, Siviwe Gwarube....

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SA Opposition DA’s veteran former leader, James Selfe has died

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South Africa's seventh parliament is due to be sworn in after the country's apex court dismissed a bid by former President Jacob Zuma's party, the MK, to stop the assembly's first sitting.  This parliament with elect the Speaker, the deputy speaker and the country's president. The governing African National Congress for the first time since 1994 - when the late Nelson Mandela ushered the country into democracy, failed to get enough votes to govern alone, so the party proposed a Government of National Unity...forcing them to look for coalition partners. The ANC got about 40% of the vote, with the centre-right Democratic Alliance (DA) on 22%, the MK party on 15% and the radical Economic Freedom Fighters on 9%. Now to look at what the Government of National Unity means, contrasting the first formation of South Africa's government of National Unity with the climate under which today's government of National Unity is formed, is Nomfundo Mogapi, a clinical psychologist by training with over 20 years experience in the mental health/wellness sector, is CEO and Founder at the Centre for Mental Wellness and Leadership (CMWL) as well as Political Analyst from the Nelson Mandela University, Prof Ntsinkelelo Breakfast...

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SA Opposition DA’s veteran former leader, James Selfe has died

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