Embattled Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille has decided to reveal everything about her skirmishes with the DA in a book.
De Lille revealed her plan this week after she survived a vote of no confidence - brought by her own party - by a single vote.
She also lambasted the DA leadership for prioritising desalination over groundwater extraction in addressing the Cape Town water crisis, warning ratepayers the move would cost them an extra R4.2-billion.
De Lille, who a month ago was removed by the DA as head of the water crisis response team, did not have flattering words for the team that replaced her, headed by deputy mayor Ian Neilson.
"I have been approached by NB Publishers, which published The President's Keepers, about my times as mayor of Cape Town," said De Lille. "I have agreed to put everything in the book. I have boxes of newspaper cuttings."De Lille said she had been inundated with job offers, and political parties had begun flirting with her.
The mayor has taken the party to the High Court in Cape Town to have a report by a committee chaired by parliamentary chief whip John Steenhuisen reviewed and set aside. The matter will be heard in May.
This week, Judge Robert Henney ordered City of Cape Town Speaker Dirk Smit to ensure councillors voted with their conscience in the no-confidence motion. De Lille wanted a secret ballot but Smit ruled it unnecessary and she stormed out the council chamber, threatening legal action.
She said she told political parties wooing her: "I am only focusing on clearing my name now."
In an interview at her Pinelands home on Friday, she told the Sunday Times: "Wherever I am going to walk into another job that I am being offered - and there are many offers that are coming - I cannot go there with a clear conscience knowing that this dark cloud is hanging over my head."
The DA has accused De Lille of corruption and maladministration. She said she was yet to understand why she was stripped of her water crisis powers. But she suspects it is because she agreed with World Bank advice that desalination was too expensive.
Western Cape DA leader Bonginkosi Madikizela said De Lille risked expulsion...