KNYSNA POLITICS
DA condemns ‘coup d’état-style’ ousting of Knysna mayor
Western Cape DA leader Bonginkosi Madikizela says two DA councillors in Knysna who supported the motion acted without the party’s mandate
The DA’s political woes continued on Thursday with two of the party’s councillors working in cahoots with the ANC to oust the mayor of Knysna. The DA in the Western Cape has been in turmoil for months, with the party’s structures attempting and failing to oust Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille. Early this week De Lille was in the High Court in Cape Town fighting against a possible dismissal from the party. Judgment was reserved. This week it was in the smaller municipalities such as Knysna that the party was caught unawares. On Wednesday Knysna’s former mayor, Eleanore Bouw-Spies, was ousted without the knowledge or endorsement of the party’s national structures and replaced by DA councillor Mark Willemse. Fears are that this could inspire disgruntled councillors in other municipalities to follow suit. Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba and Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Athol Trollip have both also faced, and survived, opposition-tabled motions of no confidence. Former Mogale City mayor M...
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