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Athol Trollip joins Maimane in resigning from DA

Federal Chairperson of the Democratic Alliance Athol Trollip has announced his resignation from the position. Trollip’s resignation follows that of Mmusi Maimane who announced his resignation a few minutes earlier.

In his resignation speech to the media, Trollip cited that said he is taking full responsibility for the party’s poor showing in the 2019 general election.

Athol Trollip

 

The duo’s resignation follows the departure of James Selfe as Federal Council Chairperson and Paul Boughey as party CEO. On Monday, Herman Mashaba also announced that he will be stepping down as Joburg Mayor.

In other news – Mona Monyane loses her daughter’s ashes in a devastating house fire

Mona Monyane took to Instagram this week to reveal that her family home was damaged in a fire. The house fire occurred on Sunday. We watched our home burn down and all we could think was thank God we all made it out alive.

Mona Monyane and Khulu Skenjana's house burns down1

The devil may test you but God is greater than Any darkness,” Mona captioned a video of their home engulfed in flames. She also posted a picture of the destruction left behind after the fire, including the roof which had completely collapsed. Read more

Source: eNCA