Helen Zille

Helen Zille is a Journaliste and a political woman South-African, Député of 2004 with 2006, Maire of the Municipalité of the Cape since the March 15th 2006 and chief of the democratic Alliance since the May 6th 2007.

It is graduate Université of Witwatersrand.

Adverse with apartheid

In 1974, it is still coed as it becomes Journaliste with the liberal Quotidien " Rand Daily Mail". Progressist, opposed to the policy of Apartheid, it publishes in the Eighties a meticulous investigation into the conditions under which Steve Biko, directing Movement of the black Conscience, was deceased after a interrogation of several days by the South-African security forces.

Pacifist, it militates for the end of the military Conscription of the young white which all were obliged to be useful in the army and could not put forward all Conscientious objection.

Feminist, it also militates with the " Black Sash" , a feminist organization of defense of the Human rights of the liberal left of South Africa.

In 1989, it joined the democratic party and takes part in Codesa, the national forum charged to negotiate a future Constitution for South Africa post-apartheid.

It takes then the direction of the department of the public relations of the Université of the Cape then in 1997 of the elementary school of Grove.

In 1999, it is reproduced on the provincial electoral roll of the any news democratic Alliance and is elected Député E. It enters then to the government of the province of the Cape-Westerner directed by Gerald Morkel to the post of minister of education.

In 2004, it is elected appointed again on the list of democratic Alliance.

It fails of little being indicated South-African woman of the year 2003.

Mayor of the Cape

At the time of the municipal election of March 1st 2006, it directs the list of democratic alliance to the Cape. Its goal is to take again the city passed to ANC at the time of the rallying of advisers of the Nouveau national Party in 2002.

At the evening of the elections, democratic alliance arrives in first position with the relative majority of 42% of the voices, preceding of 9 seats the ANC. In the days which follow, the two formations undertake to allure the independent small parts in particular the Démocrates in order to constitute a majority.

The March 15th 2006, Helen Zille is elected mayor by 106 votes against 103 with the former mayor ANC, Nomaindia Mfeketo. It owes its victory with the rallying of all the small parts to the DA making it possible to put in failure alliance between the independent ANC and Democrats. In the tread of the election of the members of the executive council, it is a member of the Parti Christian democrat African which is elected first assistant whereas the station of door word falls to a member of the Front of freedom.

The defection of the Moslem party, suspected of monnayer its rallying to the ANC, shakes its coalition initially but she manages to maintain her majority. In the second time, it faces a legislative attempt at suppression of its executive powers by the provincial government directed by the ANC which wished to transfer them at an executive committee made up paritairement between the political clouts to direct the municipality. This single municipal reform in the country related to the only great municipality directed by the opposition. Perceived like a refusal of Democracy, the operation fell through following the outcry caused in the country and the rallying of the independent democrats by the municipal majority.

This battle to gain the town hall then to preserve it as well as the good management of the local businesses thus were worth to him to be elected personality of the year 2006 by the South-African press.

The September 9th 2007, it is briefly placed in Police custody during three hours whereas it took part in a Manifestation against the drug trafficking in the poor districts of the Cape. Slackened after accusebeing accused of infringement to a law on the illegal gatherings, she declared that this arrest was arbitrary and political, that walk was peaceful and legal.

Leading of democratic Alliance

The May 6th 2007, Helen Zille is elected by the militants of democratic Alliance to take the succession of Tony Leon with the head office (leadership) of the party. It carries it with 786 votes against 228 with the chief of Alliance in the province of Cape-Eastern, Athol Trollip and 65 votes with Joe Seremane, the federal president of the party.

Helen Zille with the characteristic to be perfectly trilingual and to be able to converse in English, Afrikaans and Xhosa.

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