AUDIO: Trollip uses ‘f-word’ in taped outburst

[caption id="attachment_220834" align="aligncenter" width="561"] Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Athol Trollip
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Following the expulsion of Ward 1 councillor Rashied Adams from the DA, an audio clip has emerged of Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Athol Trollip yelling and swearing at him in frustration.

In the less than 40-second clip, Trollip is heard telling Adams: “If you tell another lie, I will f*** you up.”

He also demands the contact details for Adams’s father.

Adams was expelled from the DA on Sunday after he failed to pay compulsory party fees.

He claimed later that the DA, including Trollip, had formulated a plot to get rid of him.

Trollip said yesterday that the recorded conversation had taken place in DA councillor and deputy chief whip Andy Jordan’s office in July and had been meant as an intervention after countless attempts to assist Adams through his financial troubles.

“The purpose was to impress upon him that despite multiple initiatives by his constituency and caucus leadership, he was not addressing the matters raised around non-compliance of payments to the party,” Trollip said.

[caption id="attachment_232241" align="aligncenter" width="589"] Ousted Ward 1 councillor Rashied Adams addresses a media conference at the UDM offices in Port Elizabeth
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Also present at the meeting were DA chief whip Werner Senekal and caucus chairman Retief Odendaal.

Trollip said Adams had not been repaying money he had borrowed and was continuously borrowing from the public, including one councillor.

Attempts by senior Bay DA members who had also tried to help Adams had been in vain.