Another motion of no confidence looms for embattled City of Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille on Thursday, while the ANC in the Western Cape has vowed that it will not support the DA motion.
Despite numerous defeats, the Democratic Alliance’s (DA) Cape Town caucus on Monday decided to proceed with another attempt to remove De Lille.
ANC leader in council Xolani Sotashe said: “We are not supporting De Lille as a person per se, as the ANC we are supporting the office of the mayor.
“They are not telling us what De Lille did wrong in terms of her performance in governance. We are not going to support that motion.”
In February, opposition parties voted against the DA’s first motion of confidence to oust De Lille.
A total of 110 councillors voted no, with 109 voting yes and three choosing to abstain. There are 231 members of council, 154 of them belong to the DA and 77 to the opposition.
DA deputy caucus leader JP Smith said the DA caucus has lost confidence in De Lille to lead, and that most of the councillors agreed it was time for her to go.
“She sits on her position because of the support of the ANC, she is now the ANC mayor sitting there. The situation remains quite untenable for the rest of the DA councillors,” said Smith.
He said the party’s federal executive was meeting and was expected to give an official indication on whether to continue with the motion this morning.