Nelson Mandela Bay DA councilors turn against their party
The two sided with a new coalition government for the municipality, with one saying a letter of resignation was forcefully taken from him
Two DA ward councilors in Nelson Mandela Bay turned against their party on Friday to side with the new coalition government.
Trevor Louw and Neville Higgins‚ councilors of wards 35 and 37 respectively‚ were the only DA councilors who turned up. The rest of the DA and its coalition partners — COPE‚ the African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP), and the Patriotic Alliance (PA) — stayed away. The ANC‚ African Independent Congress (AIC)‚ UDM and United Front needed a 61-member majority to continue with council business. With Louw and Higgins present‚ the parties had 62. It later emerged that a resignation letter‚ allegedly written by Louw to the DA‚ had been handed over by the secretariat to city manager Johann Mettler before the meeting started. Louw does not deny writing the letter‚ but claims DA members grabbed his bag and forcefully took the resignation letter from him. "This letter was forcefully taken from me by DA members outside. I had no intention of submitting it‚ but my...
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