Tag Archives: Patricia de Lille

Video: The Cape Town water crisis isn’t over

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“People are going to die, and people are going to fight over water,’ states one resident. This is a video about Cape Town’s water crisis, featuring well known figures such as Patricia de Lille, Xanthea Limberg and Helen Zille. Does the water issue best display the differences between the rich and the poor? Or is the more relevant fact that incompetent government, both DA an ANC, has failed us? CAPE TOWN IS THIRSTY “Cape Town is running out of water but the catastrophe was foreseeable – politicians  ignored periods of … Read the full article…

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De Lille resigns, the DA’s day of shame

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Mayor Patricia de Lille resigns and the DA drops charges against her. The DA’s worst press conference and their day of shame – zero honesty, zero facts and zero explanation. De Lille repeatedly claimed to want the disciplinary hearing to clear her name but now she trades her resignation for removal of the hearing – she’s a liar. Similarly, the DA insisted this was all about accountability and for the people they serve yet has failed to produce the evidence leading to the charges against De Lille – liars. No … Read the full article…

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That’s not rain, God’s pissing on Cape Town’s politics

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The only reason why it finally rained on Cape Town is because God was pissing on their politics. The latest move by the Democratic Alliance (DA) against Mayor Patricia de Lille is to strip her of her powers. In future, she will be subordinate to the MAYCO and the MAYCO will run the city. That’s absurd because “MAYCO” is short for Mayoral Committee. It’s her committee. She chose who became a portfolio councillor which led to them becoming her MAYCO member. And, if they were a PR (proportional representative) councillor, … Read the full article…

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