Athol Trollip has retained his position as federal chairman of the DA, two days before he is to face a motion of no confidence as mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay. A DA congress that was billed as a battle for the soul of the party ended on Sunday with decisions that showed it was sticking to its liberal roots. The party hopes to push the ANC below a majority threshold in the 2019 elections and wants to win control of Gauteng. Delegates adopted a diversity clause for the party’s constitution, but rejected diversity quotas to measure progress. It also adopted a recall clause, which DA leader Mmusi Maimane said would take effect immediately. It would allow the party’s federal executive to terminate DA public representatives’ membership should they refuse to resign within 48 hours of such a request being made. According to insiders, this was dubbed the “Patricia clause” and may be used to strip Cape Town mayor Patricia De Lille of her membership. Disciplinary action De Lille is facing disci...
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