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Khayelitsha residents decided to take to the streets this week, before the country entered into a 21-day lockdown period.
CAPE TOWN

Waterless Khayelitsha residents fear Covid-19

As the country prepares to go into lockdown, residents fear that they may be at a higher risk of contracting Covid-19

  • Thando Maeko
3 min read
The process comes less than a month after Patricia de Lille decided to resign from her post after an ugly feud between her and the party had captured widespread public attention. (David Harrison/M&G)
ACHMAT EBRAHIM

De Lille announces new party to contest 2019 elections

The former Cape Town mayor said her party will ‘put people before politics’ and will contest in all nine provinces

  • Raeesa Pather
3 min read
“I’m not finished with them yet. I have a number of civil litigation cases lined up against people who have smeared my name in public without [providing] any evidence” — Patricia de Lille (David Harrison/M&G)
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE

De Lille lining up civil suits against 12 people

Patricia de Lille says she is not finished with pursuing legal action against 12 people whom she says defamed her

  • Paul Herman
  • Staff Reporter
5 min read
BEE has also been a source of fierce contestation within the party. (Skyler Reid/M&G)
CITY OF CAPE TOWN

READ: DA federal executive’s statement on De Lille’s reinstatement

The DA remains confident that the substantive case on the cessation of De Lille’s party’s membership will be successful

  • Democratic Alliance Author
4 min read