DA Youth congratulates DASO NMMU on SRC win

The DA Youth would like to congratulate the DA Students Organisation (DASO) branch at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) for their win of the university SRC with a full majority. The branch won 10 of the 18 seats that were contested and will be filling all of the key executive portfolio positions including, president, deputy president, secretary, deputy secretary and treasurer.

Led by branch chair, Yusuf Cassim, this branch has experienced exponential growth since its attainment of 4 seats on last year’s SRC, all in only little over one year of existence. This win in the heart of the ANC’s home province points to a significant and continuing shift in campus politics, in which students have grown tired of SASCO’s bully politics and are choosing DASO, which has become synonymous with clean and efficient management of SRC’s, to lead them. Although student politics changes dramatically from year to year, the exponential growth of DASO at a number of key campuses in a few short years points to a significant consolidation of our support from students.

The win at NMMU follows the attainment of four seats on the Rhodes University SRC, where DASO is the only political organisation that received enough votes for representation on the SRC, and a growth of 573% in voter support for the branch at Wits. DASO also currently holds a majority on the UCT SRC, where it has the presidency and secretary general positions. The growth of DASO at all of these campuses around South Africa follows the growth of the DA in recent elections and further cements that fact that South Africans from all spheres are choosing the DA as the party to lead them to a future of delivery, diversity, redress and reconciliation.

Media enquiries:

Yusuf Cassim
DASO Chairperson (NMMU)
073 422 5662

Andrew Whitfield
DA Eastern Cape Provincial Youth Leader
072 613 9265