By Akani Nkuna
With just few weeks before the federal congress, DA national spokesperson and MP, Karabo Khakhau, has announced her withdrawal from the party’s Deputy Chairperson of Federal Council’s race after being denied the letter of good financial standing.
Her disqualification from the party’s leadership race comes after it was found that she owed just over R4,000 in party tithes.
Khakhau said in a statement to party members that she was no longer running for the position of deputy chair of the DA federal council.
“However, the DA Free State PEC took a decision to not grant me a letter of good financial standing and this decision was sustained by the DA’s FedEx. This is despite there being precedent of leaders whi found themselves in similar situations in previous congresses but were afforded the opportunity to battle it out fairly in the polls. Some successful incumbents,” she said in
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