The chairperson of the DA caucus in the Ngwathe Local Council – Carina Serfontein of Koppies – is the party’s new deputy chair in the Free State.
She was elected at the DA’s Provincial Congress in Thaba Nchu on Saturday when the other three provincial office-bearers were re-elected.
They are the leader, Patricia Kopane (MP), chairperson, Dr Annelie Lotriet (MP) and finance chairperson, David van Vuuren (MPL). Kopane is the DA’s shadow minister of health and Dr Lotriet is the science and technology shadow minister. Van Vuuren is the DA spokesperson on public accounts and finance in the Provincial Legislature.
Carina, who has been a Ngwathe local councillor since 2011, serves on several DA committees. She was recently unanimously re-elected chair of the Moqwathe (Ngwathe and Moqhaka) constituency committee. She has served on the party’s provincial council since 2008 and the provincial executive committee since last year.
Serfontein is a teacher and farmer’s wife. She and her husband, Lucas, have two sons, Luhan, aged 12, and Dian, 10.
The DA Ngwathe caucus members are proud of her and congratulate her on her achievement. “We wish her all the best in her new responsibility and know that she won’t disappoint,” said the whip, Poloko   Molaphene, “She will always have our support.”