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Geordin Hill-Lewis lays out four-point plan as he becomes DA federal leader at 39 | SA News

The DA 2026 Federal Congress has delivered the expected outcome and elected Geordin Hill-Lewis as the party’s new federal leader for the next three years.

The 39-year-old Cape Town mayor was widely tipped to win the party’s top job after outgoing DA leader John Steenhuisen announced he would not seek re-election in February this year.

Hill-Lewis won over 90% of the vote to beat rival Sibusiso Dyonase, the DA’s caucus leader in the Sedibeng District Municipality in Gauteng.

In his victory speech on Sunday, 12 April 2026, Hill-Lewis said he accepted the responsibility of federal leader with “humility, gratitude and with a deep sense of duty”.

“I stand before you as your newly elected…

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