Mr Chairperson, the DA congratulates the DA Students Organisation, Daso, branch at the Nelson Mandela Metro University, for winning the university's students' representative council, SRC, with a full and comfortable majority.
Daso won 10 of the 18 seats on the students' council. Yussuf Cassim, Sifiso Nkosi, Thulani Nkuntse, Sam Beynon and Mothusi Mbole will all be filling the key executive portfolio positions, including those of president, deputy president, secretary, deputy secretary and treasurer.
Led by the branch chairperson, Yussuf Cassim, Daso has experienced exponential growth at the Nelson Mandela Metro University since gaining four seats on last year's SRC, all in over a 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 now choosing Daso, which has become synonymous with clean and efficient SRC government.
Although student politics change dramatically from year to year, the exponential growth of Daso on a number of key campuses around South Africa in a few short years, points to a significant consolidation of support from young South Africans. I thank you. [Applause.]