Ousted Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille says the DA’s decision to kick her out of the party is an admission that it did not have sufficient evidence for her disciplinary hearing. As in most divorces‚ a bruising court battle is looming after De Lille lodged papers in the Cape Town High Court in an attempt to save her mayoral chain. The matter will be heard on Friday morning. She […]
The Democratic Alliance has rescinded the membership of Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille.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 […]
The Democratic Alliance (DA)’s second Deputy Chairperson of the Federal Council, Natasha Mazzone says the party will write Patricia de Lille a letter inviting her to explain why she should not be fired. This is after DA councillors voted to in favour to remove her as the Mayor of the City of Cape Town The DA has hit back at beleaguered De Lille for alleging that she was being unfairly […]
Residents have agreed to halt a land occupation which started in Vrygrond on the weekend. This comes after 15 residents, including community leaders, met with Mayor Patricia de Lille on Wednesday, GroundUp reported. "We tabled our issues with the mayor," said community leader Daniel Nomavile. "We explained to her that land is a need in the community where people are dependent on social grants and are unable to pay rent […]
Forty land claimants are one step closer to claiming back their land in Rondebosch East, after more than ten years after submitting their claims. On Monday, Mayor Patricia De Lille handed over erf E43855 in Rondebosch East at a ceremonial handing over to claimants. The Rondebosch East claimants submitted their land claim in 2001 and in 2008 the City sold the land to the Department of Land Affairs for restitution purposes. […]
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 […]
Embattled Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille heads to court on Tuesday. She wants DA councillors to be allowed to vote according to their conscience and is demanding a secret ballot during a no-confidence motion against her. The motion will be debated in the Cape Town city council on Thursday. De Lille has locked horns with her party following misconduct and corruption allegations against her. She denies the charges, claiming […]
By Wardah Wilkinson Cape Town Mayor, Patricia De Lille has been at the center of a heated row within City structures, this as the Democratic Alliance’s (DA) Cape Metro Executive has recommended that Patricia De Lille be removed as the Executive Mayor of the City of Cape Town. De Lille is currently under investigation by her party, around issues of management and governance of the City. Political analyst and senior […]
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