# The DA in Johannesburg says as per the rules of the City council, Colleen Makhubele’s departure from COPE means that she is no longer a proportional representative councillor, nor the speaker of council. The party says political instability in Johannesburg has become the norm, and under Makhubele’s leadership, the council chamber has turned into a circus. The DA’s Belinda Kayser-Echeozonjoku says her departure from COPE and Council is a symptom of a disease that only has one cure, the dissolution of Johannesburg’s council:
DA says Joburg speaker’s dismissal from party intensifies need for dissolution of city’s council [SOUND]