DA calls urgent federal executive meeting after Mashaba resignation bombshell
The Democratic Alliance (DA) will convene an urgent federal executive meeting after the shock announcement on Monday that Johannesburg Mayor Herman Mashaba was resigning.
Mashaba was unequivocal in his disenchantment of the party during his resignation briefing in the council chambers.
With DA leader Mmusi Maimane by his side, Mashaba said some in the party were more concerned about "cutting grass" in Johannesburg's suburbs than the plight of the poor. He also lambasted members for believing that race was irrelevant in discussions about inequality and poverty.
"I cannot reconcile myself with people who do not see that South Africa is more unequal today than it was in 1994," Mashaba said in his resignation speech.
He will only leave office on November 27, to allow the party to find a replacement, he told the media.