DA’S CAPE TOWN DRAMA
De Lille clinging to job as ANC drops its motion
Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille kept her job by a thread on Wednesday as the infighting in the DA in the Western Cape got uglier. In a bizarre twist, the ANC in the Cape Town council abruptly withdrew its motion of no confidence against the mayor and accused the DA of hijacking its motion and using De Lille as "a sacrificial lamb". This was after the DA said in a surprise move that it would support the ANC’s motion of no confidence in De Lille. The ANC has long called for De Lille’s sacking, claiming corruption and tender irregularities on her watch. The ANC said the poor handling of the drought and the decision by the auditor-general to downgrade the city’s audit findings from clean to unqualified should be blamed on the entire DA administration and not just on De Lille. "The DA wants to opportunistically hijack the motion of no confidence brought by the ANC against De Lille to resolve their own internal squabbles over resources linked to the city’s water crisis," said ANC spokes...
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