Solly Msimanga | |
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.jpg) Msimanga in 2017 | |
| Provincial Leader of the Democratic Alliance in Gauteng | |
| Assumed office 14 November 2020 Acting: 2 September 2020 - 14 November 2020 | |
| Preceded by | John Moodey |
| Leader of the Opposition in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature | |
| Assumed office 22 May 2019 | |
| Premier | David Makhura Panyaza Lesufi |
| Preceded by | John Moodey |
| Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature | |
| Assumed office 12 February 2019 | |
| In office 21 May 2014 – 19 August 2016 | |
| Mayor of Tshwane | |
| In office 19 August 2016 – 11 February 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Kgosientso Ramokgopa |
| Succeeded by | Stevens Mokgalapa |
| Provincial Chairperson of the Democratic Alliance in Gauteng | |
| In office 22 November 2014 – 18 November 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Michael Moriarty |
| Succeeded by | Michael Moriarty |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Solly Tshepiso Msimanga 16 July 1980 Atteridgeville, Pretoria, South Africa |
| Political party | Democratic Alliance (2006–present) |
| Spouse | Monde Msimanga (former) |
| Children | Amogelang Msimanga Aobokwe Msimanga |
| Alma mater | University of Pretoria (BCompt) |
Solly Tshepiso Msimanga (born 16 July 1980) is a South African politician serving as the Leader of the Opposition in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature since May 2019. He has been a Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature since February 2019, having previously served from 2014 to 2016. Msimanga was the Executive Mayor of the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality from 2016 to 2019 and the DA Provincial Chairperson from 2014 to 2017. He is currently the Democratic Alliance's Gauteng Premier candidate for the 2024 elections. Msimanga was the party's unsuccessful candidate for the 2019 elections.[1][2][3]
- ^ "Maimane announces Msimanga as Gauteng Premier candidate". SABC News. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
- ^ "Solly Tshepiso Msimanga". Democratic Alliance. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
- ^ Poplak, Richard (19 July 2016). "How the DA's Solly Msimanga hopes to turn Battleground Tshwane into a better version of Sweden". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
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