Departure of Veliswa Mvenya could dent DA hopes of win in Nelson Mandela Bay metro

19 May 2016 - 10:56

By Simthandile Ford And Asanda Nini

The shock resignation of the Democratic Alliance’s (DA) Eastern Cape provincial chairperson‚ Veliswa Mvenya‚ has sent the party into a tailspin‚ prompting panicked party bosses to rope in former leader Helen Zille to assist. The DA’s top leadership‚ including Zille and current leader Mmusi Maimane‚ was locked in a meeting on Wednesday in a bid to come up with strategies to convince Mvenya not to leave.

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