Given the question: Facts: - profession: politician - residence: johannesburg , gauteng - successor: phumzile van damme - party: democratic alliance - spouse: natalie maimane - predecessor: lindiwe mazibuko helen zille lindiwe mazibuko dianne kohler barnard - office: leader south africa leader of the democratic alliance national spokesperson : of democratic alliance deputy federal chairperson of the democratic alliance the opposition in the national assembly of - term end: may 2014 may 2015 - children: 2 - term start: 6 2012 may 2014 10 may 2015 november 2011 november - birth date: 06 june 1980 - name: mmusi maimane - image: mmusi maimane -lrb- cropped -rrb- . jpg - birth place: krugersdorp , south africa - religion: evangelical - alma mater: university of wales of the witwatersrand university of south africa university Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of mmusi maimane .
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mmusi aloysias maimane -lrb- born 6 june 1980 -rrb- is a south african politician , the leader of south africa 's opposition democratic alliance political party since 10 may 2015 , and the leader of the opposition in the national assembly of south africa since 29 may 2014 .he is the former leader of the democratic alliance in the johannesburg city council and the former democratic alliance national spokesperson .his rise to national attention began in 2011 , when he was elected to be the da 's johannesburg mayoral candidate in the 2011 municipal elections .in that election , maimane helped to grow the party 's voter base considerably , but was not elected mayor .thereafter he served as leader of the official opposition on the johannesburg city council until may 2014 .