Maimane hopes for a more united DA caucus in Cape Town
4 October 2017
Johannesburg – Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane hopes a more united caucus will emerge after a special sub-committee looks into tensions within the party in the City of Cape Town.
This after DA Mayor Patricia de Lille and mayoral committee member for safety, security and social services JP Smith were placed on special leave on Tuesday, over a spat involving the "shutting down" of the City’s special investigations unit (SIU).
Smith had overseen the unit.
Over the last week it emerged that De Lille had pushed for the unit to be shut down. When trying to find out why, via a submission to Maimane in August, Smith had questioned whether corruption claims relating to De Lille had anything to do with this.