'We're just gatvol' – Shaun August upon leaving the DA
25 October 2018
"We're just gatvol," Shaun August said as he explained the reasons behind his and four others' – Suzette Little, Siya Mamkeli, Greg Bernardo and Thulani Stemele – resignations as DA councillors in the City of Cape Town on Thursday.
August, who was also the chief whip, dropped his bombshell in Thursday's council meeting shortly after embattled Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille delivered a speech in which she went on the counter-attack against allegations of corruption against her.
De Lille said it was a smear campaign and a "racist bully attack".
August rose in council and said it was De Lille's last speech as mayor, but it wouldn't be her last speech.