Patricia de Lille has resigned as the DA’s Western Cape leader‚ a move effective from February 1. She will stay on as Cape Town mayor. In her resignation letter to DA leader Mmusi Maimane‚ she says she believes she has achieved the goals she set as provincial leader. De Lille says she wants to focus on her goals as Cape Town mayor — implementing a transformation plan to “modernise and reform the government to improve service delivery”. “Taking Cape Town to the next level of government is an exciting prospect but one that will take all of my time‚” she writes.
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