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Watty Watson is the Chief Whip of the Democratic Alliance.
Watty Watson hails from Kwazulu Natal and matriculated from Port Natal High School in Durban in 1962. He went on to study commerce and management and worked at the maize board until 1965. He then worked for Paragon Business Forms where he progressed from sales representative to sales and marketing manager. From 1981 to 1997, he worked for the Kontra Group, rising to the position of board chairman in 1994.
Watty served at local government level in Mpumalanga for many years and on several different councils. These included positions on the Transvaal Roads Board, the Nature Conservation Committee and on the Marloth Park Local Council, where he was deputy mayor from 1991 to 1994. He then served on the Onderberg Local Govt. Council, Lowveld & Escarpment Regional Services Council and then as a Councillor and Leader of the Opposition on the Metsweding District Council.
Watty Watson hails from Kwazulu Natal and matriculated from Port Natal High School in Durban in 1962. He went on to study commerce and management and worked at the maize board until 1965. He then worked for Paragon Business Forms where he progressed from sales representative to sales and marketing manager. From 1981 to 1997, he worked for the Kontra Group, rising to the position of board chairman in 1994.
Watty served at local government level in Mpumalanga for many years and on several different councils. These included positions on the Transvaal Roads Board, the Nature Conservation Committee and on the Marloth Park Local Council, where he was deputy mayor from 1991 to 1994. He then served on the Onderberg Local Govt. Council, Lowveld & Escarpment Regional Services Council and then as a Councillor and Leader of the Opposition on the Metsweding District Council.