Solly Msimanga

Solly Msimanga
Msimanga in 2017
Provincial Leader of the Democratic Alliance
in Gauteng
Assumed office
14 November 2020
Acting: 2 September 2020 - 14 November 2020
Preceded byJohn Moodey
Leader of the Opposition in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature
Assumed office
22 May 2019
PremierDavid Makhura
Panyaza Lesufi
Preceded byJohn 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 byKgosientso Ramokgopa
Succeeded byStevens Mokgalapa
Provincial Chairperson of the Democratic Alliance in Gauteng
In office
22 November 2014 – 18 November 2017
Preceded byMichael Moriarty
Succeeded byMichael Moriarty
Personal details
Born
Solly Tshepiso Msimanga

(1980-07-16) 16 July 1980 (age 44)
Atteridgeville, Pretoria, South Africa
Political partyDemocratic Alliance (2006–present)
SpouseMonde Msimanga (former)
ChildrenAmogelang Msimanga
Aobokwe Msimanga
Alma materUniversity 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]

  1. ^ "Maimane announces Msimanga as Gauteng Premier candidate". SABC News. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Solly Tshepiso Msimanga". Democratic Alliance. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  3. ^ 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.