The DA’s federal executive will meet later today.
The Presidency has confirmed the removal of Deputy Minister for Trade, Industry and Competition and DA MP Andrew Whitfield from his position.
“The President has thanked the former deputy minister for the time he served in the role,” reads a statement from the Presidency on Thursday.
Meanwhile, DA federal council chairperson Helen Zille has announced she had convened an urgent meeting of the DA’s federal executive on Thursday, following “the actions of President Cyril Ramaphosa around the composition of the national executive of the government of national unity”.
The DA’s federal executive will meet later today.
This is a developing story.