Cape Town Mayor Patricia De Lille\u2019s office on Tuesday denied that she had been handed a letter of expulsion by the DA.<\/p>\n
Her spokesperson, Zara Nicholson, dismissed the claim.<\/p>\n
“It\u2019s not true. That\u2019s what I know,” she told News24.<\/p>\n
The party\u2019s interim provincial leader, Bonginkosi Madikizela, claimed he too was unaware of such a move.<\/p>\n
De Lille was, however, being investigated for her role in the leaking of confidential documents to Rapport.<\/p>\n
Tygerburger newspaper earlier reported that it had been reliably informed by three sources that De Lille had been handed a letter informing her she would have to defend herself against being expelled from the DA after being implicated in a disclosure of documents to the Sunday newspaper.<\/p>\n
DA federal executive chairperson James Selfe said the story published on February 19 reported on documents related to a probe into the “flouting of internal party procurement rules” by Shaun August, and was leaked by party member Josh Jordaan to Rapport.<\/p>\n
Jordaan has since resigned.<\/p>\n
“According to the story, this was done with the knowledge of Shaun August, and that Patricia De Lille was aware that he was meeting with the paper,” he said.<\/p>\n
The disclosure of the documentation was in violation of the party\u2019s policy on the confidentiality of closed meetings, Selfe said.<\/p>\n
The party\u2019s provincial executive committee had referred the leak of confidential documentation to the media to him for consideration, Selfe confirmed.<\/p>\n
“I have, accordingly, referred the matter to the DA\u2019s Federal Legal Commission for investigation, in particular to determine the role played in the matter by Shaun August, Patricia De Lille, and Josh Jordaan.”<\/p>\n
He too said no one had been suspended, as the investigation was still underway.<\/p>\n