The Western Cape High Court has ordered that the termination of Patricia de Lille's DA membership by the party was illegal and invalid. The decision was set aside, and the party ordered to pay the Cape Town mayor's legal costs. High Court judge Andre le Grange handed down the judgment, which he said was unanimous, on Wednesday. He said the composition of the DA's federal legal council, which decided on […]
The DA needs to finish the disciplinary process it started against Patricia De Lille, rather than finding "contrived ways" to get rid of her, advocate Dali Mpofu has argued in the Western Cape High Court. The Democratic Alliance and Cape Town Mayor Patricia De Lille met in court on Monday for the first day of her long-awaited review of her supposed resignation from the party. The DA on May 8 […]
Senior DA leaders are plotting to form a breakaway "true liberal party" which they hope will contest next year's general elections. Angry about the direction the party is taking under the leadership of Mmusi Maimane, the senior leaders have been holding consultations and are said to be keen on getting Western Cape Premier Helen Zille to head the new force. City Press is aware of at least five senior and […]
The Democratic Alliance’s (DA) Federal Executive Council Chairperson, James Selfe says they are prepared to live with the delay in the court case of Cape Town Mayor, Patricia de Lille. It has now been postponed to June 4, because the judges apparently need more time to prepare. De Lille is challenging the DA’s decision to terminate her membership and subsequently remove her as Mayor. She has been serving as the […]
The DA's bid to remove Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille has deepened divisions within the party, which has resulted in the resignation of key leaders. The bitter struggle for power is threatening to tear the DA apart, which may paralyse its election machinery in the build-up to the general elections next year. The Sunday Times understands that the "black caucus" leaders in the party were unhappy about the decision […]
City of Cape Town mayoral committee member and Democratic Alliance (DA) deputy caucus leader, JP Smith says re-installed Mayor Patricia De Lille is not fit for the office. Smith was reacting to Tuesday’s high court ruling that granted Patricia de Lille interim relief to remain as the Mayor. Judge Patrick Gamble ruled that the cessation of de Lille’s membership of the DA has been suspended until her urgent interdict against […]
Democratic Alliance(DA) leader Mmusi Maimane says it’s sad that the matter between the party and ousted Mayor Patricia de Lille had to end up in court. Maimane addressed residents at Leonsdale Civic Center in Elsies River on the Cape Flats on various issues including the current situation in the City of Cape Town. He spoke on the eve of the court case in the Cape High Court where De Lille […]
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 […]
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