DA trying to force me to quit, says defiant Patricia de Lille
04 February 2018 - 00:01
Embattled Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille is under no illusions about her future.
"There's what they call ... constructive dismissal, where they just pile up everything against you," she said this week in an interview. "Even if 10 more complaints come against me, the principle is that they need to be tested under due process and that's all I'm asking."
Constructive dismissal refers to a situation where an employer makes conditions so intolerable for an employee that the employee has to resign.
"If people don't like me, if people hate me or whatever, I am entitled to due process [but] there's impatience and I've been found guilty already," said De Lille...
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