News24 | PODCAST | The Lead: How the DA axed its minister of forestry, fisheries and the environment

The fallout from the axing of the DA’s environment minister, Dion George, is the latest intriguing chapter in the difficult national coalition, it and the ANC, are trying so hard to make a success of.

First came Andrew Whitfield’s axing – and now the DA’s had to see the environment minister, Dion George, fired too.

This time for failing to toe the Cabinet’s policy lines on COP30 and regulated rhino horn and ivory trading.

Allegations, too, of bullying and sexual misconduct suggest that George was deeply unpleasant to work with.

Catch our conversation with News24’s new climate correspondent, Ethan van Diemen, next.

Later, in our trending topic, the ANC changes tactics for next year’s local government elections.

Finally, it just so happens to be an important historical day for the DA’s precursor party, the DP … in On This Day in SA History, heard at the end of the show.

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