Speaker, the DA is slow to deal with its errant representatives. One of their members is currently facing rape charges in court and is still a public representative. [Applause.]
The latest is that the very same member was allegedly part of an illegal house sale as a Cape councillor under then Mayor Helen Zille. It is averred he got involved in a house grab and displaced an elderly beneficiary.
The RDP house was then sold to a third party. The member concerned went as far as certifying this with his councillor's stamp. The new owner of the house declared under oath that the member, when he was still a councillor, sold the home to her for R40 000 and has received ... [Interjections.]