DA to meet over coalition woes
Party may lose Tshwane as EFF goes after Msimanga
The DA will on Wednesday morning hold a special sitting of its federal executive to consider the status of its coalition governments amid attempts by opposition parties to unseat it in two metros.The party said on Tuesday it would approach the courts to review the vote of no confidence which ousted Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Athol Trollip.The EFF, which voted for the DA-led coalition after the 2016 local elections, has turned against the party in Tshwane and wants mayor Solly Msimanga out. The EFF and the ANC have tabled two separate motions of no confidence in the mayor which are set to be heard on Thursday.The DA now could lose two of the three mayoral seats it obtained through coalitions in the metros of Tshwane, Nelson Mandela Bay and Johannesburg.Msimanga, Trollip and DA leader Mmusi Maimane addressed media conferences after the shock move which saw Trollip voted out in a motion of no confidence on Monday.Maimane said the entire process in the Nelson Mandela Bay metro was "a sham...
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