In June 2026, Hon. Isaac Sello Seitlholo was removed as Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation by his party’s new leader in a video call that, he says, lasted no more than five minutes. He gave us his account of what led up to it and what followed.
What he says was agreed
Seitlholo says he was surprised twice: first when he was appointed in 2024, and again when it ended. He puts the second surprise down to promises he believed had been made.
When John Steenhuisen decided not to stand for re-election as DA leader, he says, certain agreements were made “outside of the public domain.” One of them was that the DA’s members of the executive in the government of national unity would be left as they were.
“I haven’t spoken about this before,” he says,
“but maybe for purposes of this interview, I should actually say it.”
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