Lindiwe Mazibuko defends De Lille
5 February 2018
Cape Town - Former Democratic Alliance parliamentary leader Lindiwe Mazibuko has come to the defence of embattled Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille, who is facing a motion of no confidence next week.
De Lille's days as mayor seem to be numbered, after the DA caucus tabled a motion of no confidence in her leadership on January 31, following a raft of corruption allegations.
Lindiwe Mazibuko - who left her party post under acrimonious circumstances in 2014 to study in the US - came to De Lille's defence on a Twitter thread started by former African National Congress MP Makhosi Khoza.
Khoza initially tweeted on Sunday: "Its clear to me that the DA is [anti-women] of colour.