Ashor Sarupen, DA’s new No 2 won’t leave the Treasury

Daily Maverick | 13.04.2026 05:21
At 37 years old, Deputy Finance Minister Ashor Sarupen is also now the DA Chairperson of the Federal Council, a powerful role in which he will run the party that wants to become South Africa’s largest in three years. Ferial Haffajee asked him if he had imagined he would be in this role after starting as a young councillor.