DA is not in coalition with the EFF in Ditsobotla and never will be
23 June 2023
The DA in North West categorically rejects the Patriotic Alliance’s (PA) disingenuous assertion that the DA has entered into a coalition with the EFF in the Ditsobotla Local Municipality.
The DA is on record that we would never enter into a coalition with the EFF whose ideology and policy framework does not align with our own.
The facts around developments in the Ditsobotla Local Municipality are as follows:
DA Cllr Ronald Matlholoa was elected acting-Speaker on 31 May 2023, after Speaker Fekile Jakeni was placed on sick leave, until the end of June 2023, which was Speaker Jakeni’s return date, but he sadly passed away;