The Patriotic Alliance (PA) has welcomed Liam Jacobs (24)’ abrupt departure from the political party – despite the Democratic Alliance (DA) not yet confirming his abrupt departure.
This follows a dramatic political shift announced during a midnight Facebook Live broadcast by PA President and current Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Gayton McKenzie.
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The PA claimed Jacobs was being ‘weaponised’ by the DA against them over the past three years. According to McKenzie, Jacos had been deployed to the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Sport, Arts, and Culture with the intent to undermine the PA and discredit its efforts and that the DA Federal Executive Chair Helen Zille worked strenuously to exclude the PA from the Government of National Unity (GNU). “This cynical strategy has not worked,” the PA statement read. They accused the DA of benefitting politically from coloured communities while failing to reciprocate with representation, highlighting the lack of a single coloured minister or deputy minister in the GNU.
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Jacobs said nothing could be further from the truth and he feels at home with the PA. “I have come home to the PA because what Gayton said hit me hard this week after our Portfolio Committee meeting. I knew I was being used,” he said. He expressed gratitude to McKenzie and the PA. “Wherever the President wants me to be, whatever work he has for me, I am ready. I have been promised nothing, except the chance to be part of the fastest-growing party in South Africa. I feel genuinely loved and welcomed here. I am finally home,” added Jacobs.
