Gavin Davis (born 3 August 1977) is a former Member of Parliament for the Democratic Alliance (DA), South Africa's official opposition.
After a stint as a Special Advisor to the Premier of the Western Cape, Helen Zille,[10] Davis was appointed Executive Director of Communications for the DA in 2011.
[11] As the DA's Executive Director of Communications, Davis was instrumental in the party's successful integration of traditional and digital marketing techniques.
[20] In January 2015, Davis exposed the irregular channeling of government money to The New Age newspaper owned by the Gupta family, an early indicator of the 'state capture' scandal that would later bring down President Zuma.
[22] Davis was an avid campaigner for equal education, and a fierce opponent of the militant South African Democratic Teachers' Union.
On 16 February 2016, he gave a speech in the debate on the State of the Nation Address calling on President Zuma to "smash the SADTU protection racket, so that we can improve the education of every child.