In July, the DA’s federal legal commission charged him with misconduct after whistle-blowers accused him of fraud and corruption related to travel, entertainment and allowance claims. The party also reported him to the Hawks.Pokwas, Sonqwenqwe and Mangcu-Qotyiwe, who describe themselves as the “now-unemployed trio”, said they were going to court to “challenge the constitutionality of the DA’s cessation clause”.
This consistent fallacy that Helen Zille has the authority or the malice to just terminate people is insulting“Many public representatives are now fearful of what the future holds for them within the party. [If] this can happen to Masizole Mnqasela, who has been with the party for more than two decades, it can happen to any of us.
DA spokesperson Richard Newton, responding to the statement issued by the trio, told TimesLIVE it was not factual and “frankly little more than a clickbait-style statement”.