Cape Town’s De Lille fires back over accusations as criminal action is mooted
The war raging in the top echelons of the City of Cape Town attracted another 5‚477 words on Wednesday. Mayor Patricia de Lille responded to a 42-page affidavit accusing her of ethical and legal shortcomings with a 22-page statement accusing its author of lying about her. De Lille’s statement is the latest salvo in a conflict that has also embroiled city manager Achmat Ebrahim‚ transport commissioner Melissa Whitehead, and the executive director of the department of the mayor‚ Craig Kesson. The welter of accusations — including a threat of criminal action against Kesson — coincide with a conflict between De Lille and MMC JP Smith, which has led to a DA inquiry. Kesson‚ the mayor’s right-hand man and co-author with De Lille of a book published in September — View From City Hall: Reflections on Governing Cape Town — released a bombshell with an affidavit on November 9, which he signed "under the provisions and protections afforded by the Protected Disclosures Act". In it‚ he accused D...
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