Bryan Rostron commends Helen Zille’s intervention to assist a school in Imizamo Yethu, Hout Bay (An enduring legacy is self-righteous amnesia in the colonial-minded, March 29). He writes, "The same cannot be said for her ANC successor. When that school urgently needed help again the new education MEC Cameron Dugmore, one of Zille’s most vociferous critics, never replied to my e-mails." Rostron is mistaken. I never succeeded Zille — I was appointed education MEC in 2004. I received a request from the Oranjekloof Moravian Primary School governing board and our local ANC branch and visited the school to assist. It would appear the reason I am cited is to strengthen his argument that despite her "Twitter folly", Zille is hardworking and honest. I do not dispute that Zille is a hard worker. But I have witnessed her insulting and racist remarks about black women ANC members of Parliament, demeaning tweets about "professional blacks" and her dismissive attitude towards employment equity an...
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