Five councillors who quit DA and council demand Mmusi Maimane says sorry
Maimane wrote in his newsletter that the five are implicated in tender irregularities in a Bowmans report into suspected corruption at the Cape Town council's transport authority
DA leader Mmusi Maimane has been given until 6pm on Monday afternoon to apologise “for making false and defamatory allegations” against five Cape Town city council members who quit last week. “We did so individually and after each of us had taken a long considered personal decision about our future in the DA. “Each of us did so for our own reasons. However‚ it soon became clear that there is significant commonality in what brought us to make our decisions. The party is racist‚ dishonest and unethical. It is a total sham‚” the group said in a statement on Sunday afternoon. The five are Shaun August‚ Suzette Little‚ Siya Mamkeli‚ Thulani Stemele and Greg Barnardo. TimesLIVE requested comment from Maimaine’s office on Sunday afternoon‚ which would only say: “Mr Maimane has received the letter‚ and is seeking legal advice on the matter.” Maimane had written in his newsletter on Friday that the former councillors were implicated in tender irregularities in the Bowmans report into suspect...
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