Masizole Mnqasela

Masizole Mnqasela (born 1 March 1981[1]) is a South African politician, currently the founding leader of the Alliance of Citizens for Change.

Mnqasela was initially an African National Congress branch organiser in the executive committee of Ward 96.

He introduced the Democratic Alliance to the ANC's bloated Khayelitsha Development Forum (KDF), which refused membership to the DA for quite some time.

In 2006, Mnqasela worked together with Helen Zille in negotiating with the PAC to join a political pact, that saw the Democratic Alliance winning the City of Cape Town through a multi-party coalition system.

[4] On 15 July 2023, Mnqasela announced the formation of the Alliance of Citizens for Change at the Rocklands Civic Centre.