Former DA member Nkele Molapo ‘determined to clear my name’ as she heads to court
Former Democratic Alliance (DA) member Nkele Molapo is gearing up to take her fight over the party’s decision to terminate her membership to court.
Last week, the organisation's Gauteng chairperson Mike Moriarty announced Molapo was expelled from the party.
The decision followed allegations that Molapo leaked Tshwane caucus information to Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema.
Molapo believes the federal legal council and appeals processes hearings were politically-motivated and had a pre-determined outcome.
"Without going into the merits of the case, I will be approaching the courts, and I feel I have a better chance of winning there,” she says.
Molapo has also recently accused the DA’s interim Gauteng leader and former Tshwane mayor Solly Msimanga of sexual harassment.
She says she does not want to be reinstated as a member of the DA, but merely wants to clear her name.
"As I speak to you I'm no longer a member of the party, it is just a matter of clearing my name.”
She refutes claims by Moriarty that her actions led to the weakening of the party in the province.
ALSO READ:
DA axes MPL for leaking info to EFF
The party said in a statement on Friday that Molapo's DA membership has been terminated with immediate effect. She recently hit the headlines for laying a sexual harassment complaint against former Tshwane Mayor Solly Msimanga. DA provincial chairperson Mike Moriarty says the decision to terminate her membership is related to her leaking information to the EFF.