Recently sworn in DA councillor Lutho Sokudela is no longer a councillor.
The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) on Wednesday confirmed in a letter to city manager Johann Mettler that Sokudela ceased to be a councillor after the Port Elizabeth High Court ruled that DA councillor Mbulelo Manyati was in fact  still a councillor.
Manyati turned against his party and abstained from voting during the all- important vote of no confident in speaker Jonathan Lawack on August 27.
Soon after that, the DA terminated Manyati’s membership to the party with Manyati later challenging the move.

The question of whether or not Sokudela was still a councillor caused a stir in the council chamber on Tuesday with councillors almost coming to blows.
The DA on Tuesday maintained that it concluded its disciplinary case against Manyati and that he was no longer a councillor, and that Sokudela was thus a councillor.
Commenting on the IEC's letter on Wednesday, DA provincial leader Nqaba Bhanga said their legal team would handle the matter...