Over 500 delegates are expected to attend the Democratic Alliance (DA) Eastern Cape's Provincial Congress, which is set to be held in East London in February next year.
"This will be a highly contested elective congress," said Veliswa Mvenya MPL, DA Eastern Cape Provincial Chairperson.
"At a DA Eastern Cape Provincial Council meeting held recently at Fish River Sun, incumbent party leader and now Mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay, Athol Trollip, announced his intention to stand down as Provincial Leader at the next Congress."
Mvenya said that the 2016 Local Government Elections in August were a tipping point that heralded "the complete realignment of our politics".
"We are growing new leaders in the Democratic Alliance, and we are the only party that can move South Africa forward.
