PARTY TURMOIL
De Lille survives DA no-confidence motion by a single vote
The DA infighting in the Western Cape continued to escalate on Thursday with the party’s provincial leader charging that Cape Town mayor Patricia De Lille was governing the city without a mandate. In a day of high drama in the Cape Town city council, De Lille survived a motion of no confidence against her by a whisker. She had earlier walked out of the council chamber before voting commenced after speaker Dirk Smit decided the poll would be an open ballot. Earlier this week, De Lille approached the High Court in Cape Town on an urgent basis to have the vote of no confidence in her leadership conducted by secret ballot, to protect councillors who flouted the party line. The court ruled that her application had merit but said the speaker should decide. A total of 110 councillors voted against the DA-sponsored motion, while 109 others voted to remove the mayor. Opposition parties had indicated they would vote against the motion or abstain. The motion needed a simple majority of the 231...
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