Former minister of forestry, fisheries and environment Dion George. Picture: Gallo Images/Brenton Geach Within weeks after DA leader John Steenhuisen was temporarily absolved of allegations of abusing the party credit card, DA former finance chief Dion George resigned yesterday from the party he served for many years at different levels. An analyst said George jumped before he was pushed because he realised he wouldn’t win the election against Steenhuisen at the party’s elective congress in April.
“It is clear he lost the battle within the DA against Steenhuisen,” said André Duvenhage, political analyst at North-West University. “Also, he would have lost his own position in finance at the election because I believe there is mobilisation against George. George resigned as a DA member and party member of parliament.
In his resignation statement, he made allegations of criminality by some DA leaders, allegedly including Steenhuisen around the canned lion hunting industry. Independent commentator Doctor Tshwale saw George’s sudden departure as the beginning of the DA’s implosion and a victory for Steenhuisen. “The DA will lose some of its key members or even experience a group walk away because they are not all on the same page on the government of national unity (GNU).”
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