A week after a senior Free State official was suspended for allegedly displaying "flagrant disrespect" for President Jacob Zuma, Teboho Loate, still does not know what he has done wrong. In a precautionary suspension letter sent to Loate, the chief director in the provincial department of sports, art and culture, he was accused of making alleged "utterances" in which he "displayed flagrant disrespect to the president". Loate asked for more information about what the alleged utterances were, which he apparently made on April 12 2017. He was, however, told in a letter sent by the head of department Stanley Malope that the allegations were subjected to an investigation and the information he was asking for would be provided once the probe was completed. Loate, who is also the acting national treasurer of the Congress of the People (Cope), had attended the national day of unity in Pretoria on April 12 where opposition parties marched to the Union Buildings demanding Zuma resign. The mar...
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