While the City of Cape Town remains entangled in crises as expelled mayor, Patricia de Lille, fights to clear her name, the African National Congress says it has noted with concern the party politics within the official opposition. The Democratic Alliance on Tuesday rescinded the membership of the city’s 33rd mayor after she served almost seven years in the position. The ruling party has since supported de Lille’s court interdict […]
The implosion of the marriage of convenience between Patricia de Lille’s Independent Democrats (ID) and the DA was a long time coming because the two are not cut from the same philosophical cloth. This is political analyst Daniel Silke’s assessment of the rift between De Lille and the DA, which culminated in an announcement on Tuesday by the party that it had rescinded De Lille’s membership. The long-running fight between […]
The Democratic Alliance has rescinded the membership of Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille. The party's Deputy Chairperson of Federal Council made the announcement regarding the matter between the party and the embattled Mayor on Tuesday. Accusations against de Lille include allegations that she acted improperly in reappointing city manager Achmat Ebrahim and the purported mismanagement of the City. In a statement released on Tuesday, the DA said it at […]
Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille says the court challenge she launched over the DA's internal "Steenhuisen report" was postponed in the Western Cape High Court on Thursday because the DA apparently refused to hand over the evidence which informed the findings in the report. She was demanding two documents so the case could proceed. The first was a letter from Cape Town safety and security mayoral committee member JP […]
While there will be a strong focus on the DA's policies as its federal congress kicks off in Tshwane on Saturday, there will be some serious contestation as two of its mayors go head to head for the position of federal chairperson. Tshwane Mayor Solly Msimanga is seeking to unseat Nelson Mandela Bay Mayor Athol Trollip, who in turn is hoping to be re-elected as the opposition party's second-in-command when […]
Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille says she remains focused on clearing her name through the Democratic Alliance's disciplinary hearing processes and on governing the City of Cape Town. "Today [Sunday] I received media inquiries about whether I am negotiating an exit with the Democratic Alliance," she said. She had received several settlement proposals from the DA leadership over the past few weeks. Some of these were already in the […]
State capture casts a pall over the Democratic Alliance's dim assessment of President Jacob Zuma and his Cabinet for 2017. In what has become a yearly ritual, the DA presented their report card – "an appraisal of the ANC national government’s performance over the past year" – at the Union Buildings on Monday. DA leader Mmusi Maimane said this year "will go down in history as one of the most […]
Police Minister Fikile Mbalula has revealed that more than 1 000 children murders were reported during the 2014 and 2015 financial year. He has responded to a written Parliamentary question. The non-profit organisation Molo Songololo says it is disturbing to see that many perpetrators who are responsible for the high number of child murders committed in this country, do not get prosecuted. Director of Molo Songololo Patrick Solomons says, "We […]
Mayor Patricia de Lille has clipped the wings of the City of Cape Town’s special investigations unit (SIU) by ordering that it be shut down, a move which has unearthed shocking claims that some city councillors may have been involved in a murder. These claims, as well as rumours of alleged irregularities relating to building work done at De Lille’s home, are contained in a document from a city official. […]
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