South Africa
#BreakingNews: Mmusi Maimane will resign as DA leader─── 13:42 Wed, 23 Oct 2019
Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Mmusi Maimane has decided to resign as federal leader of the DA, several well-placed sources in the party have confirmed to News24.
Maimane is expected to hold a press conference on Wednesday afternoon at 15:00.
The DA's federal executive held a meeting on Wednesday to discuss, among other things, the resignation of former Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba and the future of the City of Johannesburg.
Maimane also called a press conference in Johannesburg, which was due to be held at 13:00. A subsequent media alert, sent two hours later, pushed the scheduled briefing back by two hours to 15:00.
The press briefing will take place at the party's Nkululeko House headquarters in Johannesburg.
Maimane ascended to the position of federal leader in May 2015, when he defeated Wilmot James at the party's congress in Port Elizabeth.
This is a developing story.
