Port Elizabeth - The United Democratic Movement (UDM) will pull out of its coalition in the Nelson Mandela Bay metro unless ousted deputy mayor Mongameli Bobani is reinstated by Monday.
Bobani was voted out following a controversial vote of no confidence in the city council on Thursday.
The motion was brought by Patriotic Alliance (PA) member Marlon Daniels and seconded by DA leader Nqaba Bhanga following DA assertions that Bobani was "corrupt".
UDM leader Bantu Holomisa dropped a bombshell on Thursday, delivering the ultimatum in a letter to coalition partners, which includes the African Christian Democratic Party, the Congress of the People and the Freedom Front Plus.
"The DA has gone rogue in the worst manner possible," Holomisa said in the letter addressed to the four parties.
"Going to the media and saying that the UDM tolerates corruption is tantamount to defamation. Making these damaging statements about the UDM in the media is also in contravention of the Co-governance Agreement. Why must we tolerate this?"