Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille said on Wednesday she felt vindicated after a judge ruled in her favour on the eve of a no-confidence vote. De Lille took the DA to the High Court in Cape Town‚ asking for an order instructing City of Cape Town speaker Dirk Smit to ensure that councillors could vote with their conscience on Thursday. "So my lawyers will now write to the speaker and say to him‚ ‘the court said you must use your discretion whether you must have a secret vote and then consider the conditions under which this decision must be made’," De Lille said of Judge Robert Henney’s decision. She said the court confirmed that she was justified in taking legal action against her party.
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