The Democratic Alliance Federal Council (FedCo) is the governing and policy-making body of the
Democratic Alliance, the official opposition party in South Africa. It sits when the party's Federal Congress is not in session. It has been chaired by
Helen Zille
Otta Helene Maree (''née'' Zille ; born 9 March 1951), known as Helen Zille, is a South African politician. She has served as the Chairperson of the Federal Council of the Democratic Alliance since 20 October 2019. From 2009 until 2019, she w ...
since
2019
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and she has three deputies to assist her:
Thomas Walters,
James Masango
James Masango is a South African politician, and a member of the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA). He currently serves in the national leadership as deputy chairperson of the Federal Council, and as a municipal councillor for the DA in Govan ...
and
Ashor Sarupen.
The FedCo's main counterpart is the
National Executive Committee of the African National Congress
The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the African National Congress (ANC) is the party's chief executive organ. It is elected every five years at the party national conference; the executive committee, in turn, elects a National Working Comm ...
.
Composition
The decision-making body consists of the following members:
* All of the Federal Executive (FedEx) members;
* The Chairperson of the Federal Legal Commission;
* The Provincial Chairpersons and the Provincial Finance Chairpersons;
* Regional chairpersons who preside over an area where the party received more than 80,000 votes in the latest general election;
* Twenty-four Members of Parliament (MPs);
* Twenty-four Members of the Provincial Legislatures (MPLs);
* Twenty-four municipal councillors;
* Twenty-four party members who do not hold public office;
* Up to six additional members approved by two-thirds of the members mentioned above;
* Two non-voting party staff members designated by each of the nine Provincial Chairpersons;
References
Democratic Alliance (South Africa)
Executive committees of political parties
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