Born in 1976, John Steenhuisen is the leader of South Africa’s official opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA).
The DA’s history includes various mergers, name changes, and shifts in ideology.
The party started as the Progressive Party in 1959, opposing apartheid. Over time, it merged with others like the Reform Party and the Federal Alliance, becoming the Democratic Alliance in 2000.
Since 1999, the DA has been the main opposition to the ANC.
The day that an ANC/EFF government takes over it will be doomsday for South Africa… EFF doomsday will make the collapse of Zimbabwe look like a dress rehearsal and it will leave all South Africans black, coloured, white, and Indian completely destitute and abandoned.
John Steenhuisen
Conversation
John and I recorded the following conversation a few months before he became the leader.
