Nosimo leans to Bhanga

FORMER Eastern Cape premier and MEC for education Nosimo Balindlela says she is leaning towards supporting Nqaba Bhanga as the DA provincial boss as he would help build diversity in the organisation.

Speaking to the Daily Dispatch yesterday, Balindlela said: “I am not far from the belief that Nqaba should be provincial leader.

“[But] I will wait for the right time to make my final announcement regarding who am I supporting.”

Balindlela and Bhanga both served in the ANC and in COPE before they jumped ship to the DA in 2014.

Balindlela is a constituency leader at Kubusi, which covers Keiskammahoek, Cathcart, Stutterheim, Qumrha and some parts of Middeldrift.

Meanwhile, supporters of Veliswa Mvenya have turned to social media in an effort to boost her chances at succeeding Athol Trollip as provincial leader. They asked for ideas on how to make Mvenya’s campaign a success.

Writing on their Facebook page, DA MPL Kobus Botha, urged the party’s branch delegates, councillors and members of parliament “to make history” and vote for Mvenya.

Botha described Mvenya as a “longstanding and experienced Eastern Cape team leader with a solid track record of growing the party”.

He confirmed to the Daily Dispatch that he was Mvenya’s campaign manager. The party is set to close its nomination period on February 20, just two weeks before it holds its provincial elective congress.