335:. After that, both attended another council sitting which elected the ANC's Nonceba Molwele as Speaker of the council, again in defiance of DA instructions. When the DA said that they would face internal disciplinary charges, Douglas said publicly that the DA was a "white racist party". He was subsequently expelled from the party and therefore lost his seat in the council. According to the ANC itself, he joined the ANC after being expelled from the DA and died on 28 August 2020.
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