DA leader John Steenhuisen has warned party supporters against complacency by not going out in large numbers to vote for the party in the May 29 elections.
Tertuis Simmers has been chosen to lead the DA in the Western Cape. He beat rival Bonginkosi Madikizela for the position at the party's provincial congress in Cape Town on Saturday.
The Western Cape government has estimated damages to be more than one billion rand. The June floods, which claimed the lives of two people, left a trail of destruction in some parts of the province.
The electoral court dismissed GOOD’s application to call off Wednesday’s by-election in George after accusing the DA of vote rigging by registering voters.