Breaking: De Lille drama continues as City Manager of Cape Town resigns
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Achmat Ebrahim is leaving his role in local government after almost forty years, becoming a high-profile victim of the saga surrounding Patricia de Lille.
Ebrahim has been implicated in a scandal alongside the the city’s Mayor. He was allegedly told not to report an allegation of misconduct to the city council by De Lille herself. It seems like the long-serving politician has fell on his sword though, amid a civil war engulfing the Democratic Alliance.
Patricia de Lille saga takes a new twist
As reported by IOL, Cape Town’s Mayor confirmed his resignation in a press release just moments ago:
“His last working day was 12 January 2018. In his resignation letter Ebrahim made it clear that he is able to quite easily defend the allegations made against him in the Bowman Gilfillan report.
“He further stated that in terms of the ongoing investigations, he would furnish my office with copies of all the evidence files as it pertains to his involvement in these allegations which have already been handed to Bowman Gilfillan and which clearly show that the allegations against him are baseless.”
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