Gauteng's Premier Panyaza Lesufi accused the Democratic Alliance of launching a smear campaign against him to remove him as the Premier of Gauteng.
He emphasised that the DA's attack against him was because the party failed in negotiating to be part of Gauteng 's provincial governmentSource: Getty Imagesfor a few hours before reactivating it. He tore into the party in a lengthy post and accused it of launching a "relentless and desperate" campaign to remove him as the province's Premier. He also accused the DA of trying to destabilise the province.
"It makes me wonder where we would be had we not been brave enough to resist the DA takeover of GP... Try harder, masters. The slaves have woken up and smelled the coffee.""Clearly, they see you as a problem for the planned merger between the ANC and DA. You better have another plan. You won't survive within this ANC."Tebogo Mokwena
Tebogo Mokwena is a Current Affairs Editor at Briefly News. He has a Diploma in Journalism from ALISON. He joined Daily Sun, where he worked for 4 years covering politics, crime, entertainment, current affairs, policy, governance and art. He was also a sub-editor and journalist for Capricorn Post before joining Vutivi Business News in 2020, where he covered small business news policy and governance, analysis and profiles. He joined Briefly News in 2023.
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