Cape Town - The DA’s Ricardo Mackenzie is touted as the next MEC for Mobility in the Western Cape, Weekend Argus can reveal.
The blue party’s highest decision-making body, FedEx is believed to have approved this decision.
Insiders say the decision was reached after his name was tabled and seconded by a unanimous decision.
Mackenzie, an MPL, is currently the DA’s spokesperson for transport.
He previously chaired both the Premier and Constitutional matters, and the Transport and Public Works standing committees, but was removed during a reshuffle last year.
His new post became vacant when Daylin Mitchell was elected Speaker of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament (WCPP) in December, shortly after the DA removed Masizole Mnqasela.
When Weekend Argus contacted Mackenzie, he said he was not aware of the decision.
The DA’s director of communications, Richard Newton would not confirm nor deny that Mackenzie will be the new MEC, adding that an announcement on the matter was imminent.
“I have spoken to the team in the premier’s office and they say that an announcement on the new MEC of mobility will be made soon,” said Newton.
Mackenzie was sworn in as an DA MPL in 2014 and re-elected in 2019.
In the meantime, Premier Alan Winde will deliver his State of the Province Address this coming Thursday.
Weekend Argus