DA's John Moodey calls on party to investigate Helen Zille for apartheid tweets

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DA Gauteng leader John Moodey has backed calls for the party to investigate Helen Zille's controversial tweets about apartheid.

The senior leader says the chairperson of the party's federal council has behaved in a manner unbecoming of a leader of the DA.

Zille also said that today’s laws are worse than the apartheid ones. Moodey said Zille’s tweets were wrong and misguided. “These statements bring back painful memories and open old wounds, both of which I had hoped to have forgotten. This conduct is not what I would have expected from a senior leader of the DA and in the current political environment. It is wrong, insensitive and indefensible. She is causing more harm to social cohesion and damaging the DA brand.

Moodey’s calls for Zille to be dealt with follows hot on the heels of those of KZN MPL Mbali Ntuli, who has also thrown her hat in the ring for party leader. Ntuli also tweeted interim party leader John Steenhuisen that Zille should be thanked for her service and retire.Van Damme responded to a tweet saying, “I don’t know why the attacks turn to black DA public reps when someone in the DA tweets something crazy. Go to the correct people ask @jsteenhuisen, he is the interim leader. He distanced the party from something Gana said a while back & I’m sure he’ll do the same here.

 

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