The DA is still pushing to reach a settlement with out-of-favour Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille ahead of a council motion of no confidence in her. The Cape Town council is due to debate a DA-sponsored motion of no confidence in De Lille on Thursday, but this might fall by the wayside should the party reach some sort of agreement with De Lille. Should the talks fail, the debate ensuing from the motion will mark the Western Cape ruling party’s third attempt to remove De Lille from office. The embattled mayor survived an earlier motion in February in council. An internal DA caucus motion of no confidence in her prevailed in April. But in June, the High Court in Cape Town ruled in her favour after she had requested the court to set aside the DA’s decision to strip her of her party membership. Drawn-out battle The drawn-out battle between De Lille and the DA is likely to hurt the party ahead of the general elections in 2019. The deputy leader of the DA caucus in the Cape Town council,...
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