KZN MEC ashamed by white compatriots supporting Zille colonialism comments
The ANC used Zille’s tweets to vilify the DA as a party for whites with no interest in the lives of poor people
Kwazulu-Natal MEC for Finance and ANC veteran Belinda Scott says that she is ashamed to be white after utterances on colonialism by Western Cape premier Helen Zille. "The utterances by some of my fellow white compatriots make me ashamed‚" she said on Tuesday in Woodlands outside Pietermaritzburg. In a final push to snatch Msunduzi Municipality’s vacant‚ and key Ward 32 from the Democratic Alliance‚ the ANC brought out its big guns including national executive committee member Bheki Cele. The event‚ billed as a Human Rights Day commemoration‚ planned at the 11th hour‚ came just 24 hours after DA leader Mmusi Maimane’s visit to the same area on Monday. The ruling party also roped in two MECs — Mthandeni Dlungwane‚ education MEC who is also the ANC’s regional chair in Pietermaritzburg‚ and social development MEC Weziwe Thusi. The ward became vacant when former DA councillor Clive Lotz defected to the ANC three months ago. The ANC used Zille’s tweets to vilify the DA as a party for whit...
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