Busisiwe Mkhwebane does not understand the Constitution, says Helen Zille
Western Cape Premier Helen Zille says Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane does not understand the Constitution.Zille was reacting to Mkhwebane’s finding that Zille’s controversial tweet about colonialism in 2017 had violated the constitution and breached the executive members ethics code.Speaking on the constitutional implications of the ruling‚ Zille said on Wednesday: "I will be taking it on review … because the public protector clearly doesn’t understand the Constitution or the law, and it is incredibly important for us to protect the Constitution and the values and principles in it."She was speaking to CapeTalk www.capetalk.co.za radio on Wednesday morning.She said the Bill of Rights allowed free speech but not if it amounted to incitement to imminent violence. "For example‚ ‘Kill the boer’ has been ruled as hate speech by our courts."But‚ she added‚ Moeletsi Mbeki had said before that Africa was actually better under colonialism. Julius Malema had said that transport‚ infrastru...
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