City Press reports that the Democratic Alliance’s (DA’s) federal executive has decided to retrench some party employees, in a move described as creating “a structure that is more suited” to the party’s current needs.
In an internal email, dated 26 May and circulated to party employees, the party’s federal council chairperson, Helen Zille, indicated that, following a review process by the federal executive, a decision, although “painful”, had been deemed “necessary” to restructure the organisation. DA spokesperson Solly Malatsi confirmed that the HR department would be sending letters to affected employees to invite them for consultations. He highlighted that the party was still at the consultation phase and the retrenchments had not as yet begun. The decision to restructure was initially communicated via a memorandum sent to party employees in February. Surprisingly, the latest decision comes just a week after DA interim leader John Steenhuisen said the party was in a much better position than it had been a year ago before the 2019 national elections. Nonetheless, this will the second time in the space of a year that the official opposition party finds itself having to axe employees. In September 2019, the party retrenched 51 employees following its poor election results.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Juniour Khumalo at City Press
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