DA in a bid to ‘reclaim lost metros’ with the UDM as possible partner
Both the UDM's Bantu Holomisa and DA federal council chair Helen Zille have confirmed talks
20 January 2020 - 17:21
Feuding parties the DA and UDM are in talks and could once again come together and rule the Nelson Mandela Bay metro.
The coalition that governed the city since the 2016 local government elections, collapsed in 2018 following the ousting of DA's Athol Trollip as mayor through a no-confidence motion. It was replaced by an ANC/UDM coalition that installed Mongameli Bobani as the city's first citizen...
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