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16 Facts About Mbali Ntuli

1.

Mbali Ntuli is the former Provincial Campaigns Director for the party in KwaZulu-Natal.

2.

Mbali Ntuli resigned as a member of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature in March 2022, where she served as the DA KZN Spokesperson on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs.

3.

Mbali Ntuli previously served as leader and Chairperson of the Democratic Alliance Youth.

4.

Mbali Ntuli was elected to this position in May 2013.

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Mbali Ntuli holds a Bachelor of Social Science degree from Rhodes University, and runs a taxi business.

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Mbali Ntuli is a graduate of the DA Young Leaders programme, and was part of the 2008 class.

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Mbali Ntuli held the office of Chairperson of the Federal DA Youth from 2010, and was elected on 18 May 2011 as a councillor for the community of Inanda in the eThekwini Municipality, and succeeded Makashule Gana as DA Youth Federal Leader in 2013.

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8.

Mbali Ntuli was elected to the KwaZulu-Natal legislature after the 2014 general election.

9.

Mbali Ntuli's task was to help grow the DA's support in KwaZulu-Natal in the 2019 elections.

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The relationship between Helen Zille, Federal Leader of the Democratic Alliance from 2007 to 2015, and Mbali Ntuli, was characterised by disagreement and acrimony.

11.

Mbali Ntuli's supporters did not support this rule as she had been running a very public campaign.

12.

Mbali Ntuli challenged Steenhuisen to a live televised debate but that request was denied by both the DA leadership and the Steenhuisen campaign.

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Mbali Ntuli ran on the idea that she was bringing necessary transformation that would help the DA grow while Steenhuisen was a candidate who was part of the establishment and would maintain the status quo.

14.

On 17 March 2022, Mbali Ntuli announced in a statement that she had resigned from the DA and therefore the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature.

15.

Mbali Ntuli dismissed speculation that she was going to join Herman Mashaba's ActionSA or any other party.

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In 2022, Mbali Ntuli founded the Ground Work Collective, an organisation which aims to increase civic participation, particularly amongst the youth.