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Also Known As DA
Date 2000 - present
Related People Mmusi Maimane • Helen Zille • John Steenhuisen

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Logo of the Democratic Alliance (DA)
Tony Leon
Helen Zille
Democratic Alliance election poster
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John Steenhuisen
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