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Knysna DA Mayor’s wife quits DA, alleges DA intimidation of husband

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Attorney Dalene Willemse, wife of the Democratic Alliance’s Knysna Mayor, Mark Willemse, and an active Constituency member herself, has explosively quit the DA. She’s cited DA threats against her husband as reason. That’s compounded by his recent heart attack, and him being back at work in between operations. DALENE WILLEMSE’S LETTER On 15 August 2019, Dalene Willemse made a Facebook comment on Knysna Politics Exposed, informing that she had resigned from the DA. She shared a letter she’d sent to the DA on 8 August (view at the bottom of this page) … Read the full article…

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New KIM party splashing the DA in Knysna

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The Knysna Independent Movement (KIM) has registered as a party to fight the Democratic Alliance (DA). It’s unlike other small parties that dot the province like pinpricks instead of injections. It’s arisen as a result of Cape Town trying to control the town by repeatedly trying to kick out two of the more popular councillors – Mayor Mark Willemse and Peter Myers. The interesting fact is that they’re still DA; Willemse recovering from a heart attack; and Myers in his first week of a monthly suspension. STANDING AGAINST DA BULLYING … Read the full article…

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DA leadership attacking own councillors standing against corruption

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I wish I could say that you wouldn’t believe what the DA leadership has done but the slippery slope of corruption is a natural slide. This is the ultimate proof that your vote and petitions means nothing to the corrupt and powerful. The DA has issued a flyer against its own Knysna Mayor, denouncing him with blatant propaganda meant to protect the corruption its leadership is implicated in… The province of the Western Cape is captured. The Democratic Alliance (DA) has become arrogant in the fact that law enforcement agents … Read the full article…

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DA Mayor gets ANC Deputy Mayor in Knysna

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Knysna’s DA Mayor now has an ANC Deputy Mayor and an ANC Speaker… WINNERS & LOSERS On May 31, Knysna Democratic Alliance Mayor Mark Willemse easily defeated a Motion of No Confidence (MONC) brought against him by fellow councillor Michelle Wasserman, who is considered by some to be proxy for Premier Alan Winde. On June 1, DA Western Cape Leader Bonginkosi Madikezela stated that the DA was now the opposition in Knysna. It was obviously a strange thing to say as the DA had won the 2016 election and, through … Read the full article…

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Hawks Part 3: Cops avoiding investigating DA

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Head of the Hawks (DPCI), Lieutenant General Godfrey Lebeya, never responded to my initial complaint but Colonel Piet Bergh was ordered to meet me. Bergh is the chief analyst for the Western Cape Hawks, head of the Priority Crime Management Centre. That meeting took place in Durban on 19 September 2018. Captain Philip van Dyk, also from Cape Town, was in attendance. I was told that they would speak more freely if I never recorded. I will never go off-record again! In addition to affidavits and evidence, I gave copies … Read the full article…

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Knysna coloureds protest against prepaid water meters

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The tourist town of Knysna experienced a shocking amount of protest action from different groups the past week. This affected the Western Cape as the N2, the only tarred road through Knysna, was repeatedly closed. The action can be divided into three groupings: The first was against the release of assassination suspect, Velile Waxa, the DA’s ex-coalition partner. This involved several communities but predominantly Concordia and White Location. Nekkies and Oupad, which straddle the N2, protested against failed service delivery. This has been ongoing for years. The third, which is … Read the full article…

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