#De Lille to be charged, investigated by DA

Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille. File photo: ANA/Tamaryn Africa

Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille. File photo: ANA/Tamaryn Africa

Published Jan 14, 2018

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Mayor Patricia de Lille will be formally charged and the Democratic Alliance federal legal commission will investigate her, party leader Mmusi Maimane announced on Sunday.

Maimane said De Lille would be charged for actions that negatively impacted the image of the party, for failing to perform her duties as mayor "as set out by the party's federal council", and for bringing the "good name of the party into disrepute".

ANC people are implicated in #StateCapture allegations, DA runs to police station to lay criminal charges.

The party finds #DeLille in dereliction of duty to the tune of R30m for MyCiti.

Dololo criminal charges. pic.twitter.com/RzaXGCH43h

— Bulelani Phillip (@BulelaniPhillip) January 14, 2018

The decision to charge De Lille followed a meeting of the party's federal executive on Sunday.

A subcommittee of the executive had been tasked to probe a series of allegations against the mayor over the past few months, including that she tried to cover up maladministration, losses incurred by the city, and sowing divisions within the City of Cape Town DA caucus.

African News Agency (ANA)

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