No end to drama between the DA and De Lille
The party has agreed not to permanently fill the position of Cape Town mayor pending the outcome of court proceedings
Patricia de Lille’s drawn-out battle with the DA took yet another twist on Thursday when the party agreed not to permanently fill the position of Cape Town mayor pending the outcome of court proceedings. De Lille’s deputy, Ian Neilson, will continue to act in the position until the legal matters are finalised. De Lille rejected the DA’s offer, saying it was for the Electoral Commission of SA and not political parties to decide whether to leave a post open. De Lille, whose membership of the DA was terminated on Tuesday, has launched a two-part court challenge, which will be heard in the High Court in Cape Town on Friday. In part A of her application, De Lille wants to interdict the city from declaring a mayoral vacancy, while in part B she is seeking to have the DA clause on “automatic cessation” of party membership declared invalid. In his responding affidavit on behalf of the DA, James Selfe, the party’s chairman of the federal executive, said lawyers had written to De Lille’s lega...
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