How much time will be devoted to the De Lille question at the DA’s federal council meeting?
How will the DA resolve its dispute with Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille? This question is likely to take centre stage when the party’s federal council meets at the weekend. At the meeting‚ the DA’s executive is expected to discuss the way forward after the High Court in Cape Town ordered that the termination of De Lille’s party membership was illegal and invalid‚ effectively reinstating her. Shortly after that court ruling in June‚ the DA threatened to institute another motion of no confidence against De Lille in the City of Cape Town’s caucus. The party also said that De Lille would then be susceptible to internal disciplinary hearings. Neither of these processes has come to fruition. The party’s deputy federal executive chairperson‚ Natasha Mazzone‚ said the DA was still inspecting the court judgment and would decide on the way forward thereafter. "It was one of the possibilities that a motion of no confidence was going to be put on the table. I have not spoken to the City of C...
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