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♦️Breaking News♦️ The legal representatives of President and Commander-in-Chief of the EFF Julius Malema, have issued a formal legal demand against DA Federal Chairperson Helen Zille following an interview with eNCA on Sunday, 8 November 2026. Helen Zille made false and defamatory statements about CIC Malema, claiming that he dictated decisions in the City of Johannesburg, captured City Power, influenced the fleet tender for the benefit of himself and his front companies, and instructed the appointment of Shadrack Sibiya as head of the City's anti-corruption unit. These allegations are untrue and defamatory. Helen Zille must retract her statements, issue a public apology, publish a formal press statement and undertake in writing not to repeat these allegations. She has until close of business on Wednesday, 11 November 2026, to comply, failing which further legal action will be instituted.

It does not matter how many people from the DA’s media team call Radio 702, or how many DA-centric coalition scenarios News24 churns out. The DA has not won a decisive mandate to lead South Africa’s metropolitans. The fact that the vote is fractured outside of the DA, does not mean it cannot be reconciled and consolidated outside of the DA. When it is reconciled and consolidated, what then becomes the true will of the people? The DA’s 34.6% in the case of Joburg, or a consolidated 65.4% outside the DA? When commentators try to present the DA as having “won” elections, they must explain to us what their understanding of the will of the people is, in relation to this reality.