{"id":313864,"date":"2026-04-12T09:18:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T07:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/?p=313864"},"modified":"2026-04-12T09:19:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T07:19:44","slug":"groot-emosie-en-opgewondenheid-by-dag-1-van-da-federale-kongres-nou-begin-dag-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/groot-emosie-en-opgewondenheid-by-dag-1-van-da-federale-kongres-nou-begin-dag-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Groot emosie en opgewondenheid by dag 1 van DA-federale kongres . . . nou begin dag 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kongresgees het hoog geloop Saterdag, die eerste dag van die DA se federale kongres in Midrand, Gauteng.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meer as 2 000 afgevaardigdes het uit al nege provinsies gereis om die driejaarlikse geleentheid by te woon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udd25 Thousands of DA delegates are in the house! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DAcongress2026?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DAcongress2026<\/a> is all about Getting South Africa Working.<br><br>\ud83d\udcac Join the LIVE conversation. COMMENT. SHARE. Be part of the moment.<br><br>Watch here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3sSTpspEoU\">https:\/\/t.co\/3sSTpspEoU<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AjEpPq9UrP\">pic.twitter.com\/AjEpPq9UrP<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Democratic Alliance (@Our_DA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Our_DA\/status\/2042989211498729864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wanneer daar nie na toesprake geluister is of oor DA-grondwetwysigings of -beleid gestem is nie, het die see van blou saam met die sanger Karen Zoid en ander gaskunstenaars gesing en gedans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dean Macpherson, minister van openbare werke en \u2019n bondgenoot van John Steenhuisen, het \u2019n roerende huldeblyk aan Steenhuisen gelewer. Steenhuisen het homself nie vir \u2019n derde termyn as DA-leier verkiesbaar gestel nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cMy fellow South Africans, that a party once consigned to irrelevance and ridicule now shapes the destiny of South Africa is the legacy I leave behind for the Democratic Alliance. For me, it is Mission Accomplished.\u201d &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jsteenhuisen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jsteenhuisen<\/a><br><br>\ud83d\udcfa Watch the leader\u2019s keynote speech.\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bQ5RM0jkwM\">pic.twitter.com\/bQ5RM0jkwM<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Democratic Alliance (@Our_DA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Our_DA\/status\/2042994723086799002?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Macpherson het Steenhuisen en sy gesin na die verhoog geroep en partylede het met \u2019n staande applous van hom afskeid geneem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHierdie kry jy nie by ander partye nie,\u201d het twee politieke ontleders aan <em>Die Papier <\/em>ges\u00ea, en verwys na die toekenningsgeleentheid waar gewone lede vir hul werk en toewyding aan die party, voor almal, beloon is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHier is \u2019n stuk medemenslikheid en empatie vir mense wat ek nog nie elders gesien het nie,\u201d het Roland Henwood, ontleder verbonde aan die Universiteit van Pretoria, ges\u00ea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\uddff\ud83c\udde6 The DA joined the Government of National Unity to help stabilise the country and take it in the right direction.<br><br>This is our first <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DAcongress2026?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DAcongress2026<\/a> as part of the GNU, a big moment as we elect new leaders to get SA working. Watch the DA at work!<br><br>\ud83d\udd17 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3sSTpspEoU\">https:\/\/t.co\/3sSTpspEoU<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iJTLSiUMOC\">pic.twitter.com\/iJTLSiUMOC<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Democratic Alliance (@Our_DA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Our_DA\/status\/2043040892966023666?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Een van die hoogtepunte van die dag was die toesprake deur die federale leierskandidate, Sibusiso Dyonase, koukusleier in die Sedibeng-munisipaliteit, en Geordin Hill-Lewis, burgemeester van Kaapstad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dyonase, \u2019n voormalige Mnr. Suid-Afrika-finalis, was in tradisionele drag geklee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hill-Lewis het die gehoor op hul voete gehad. Hy is die gunsteling om vandag met die leierskapstitel weg te stap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-lees-da-leierskandidate-geordin-hill-lewis-en-sibusiso-dyonase-se-suid-afrika-kan-werk-met-die-da\">LEES | <a href=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/da-leierskandidate-geordin-hill-lewis-en-sibusiso-dyonase-se-suid-afrika-kan-werk-met-die-da\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DA-leierskandidate Geordin Hill-Lewis en Sibusiso Dyonase s\u00ea Suid-Afrika k\u00e1n werk met die DA<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Afgevaardigdes stem al van vroegdag af vir die nuwe federale leier, federale voorsitter en drie federale adjunkvoorsitters. Uitslae word na verwagting tussen 13:00 en 14:00 bekendgemaak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Die nuwe voorsitter en drie adjunkvoorsitters van die federale raad, asook die federale finansi\u00eble voorsitter, waaroor daar in die week reeds gestem is, sal ook vandag aangekondig word.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kongresgees het hoog geloop Saterdag, die eerste dag van die DA se federale kongres in Midrand, Gauteng. Meer as 2 000 afgevaardigdes het uit al nege provinsies gereis om die driejaarlikse geleentheid by te woon. 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