DEFIANCE OF MAIMANE
Zille faces expulsion from DA over colonialism tweets as probe looms
Senior party leaders say Helen Zille’s latest social media comments and subsequent writings about them have placed her on a collision course with the party
Helen Zille’s days in the DA seem to be numbered as the probe into her comments on colonialism starts on Saturday. Senior party leaders who spoke to Business Day said her latest social media comments and subsequent writings about them had placed her on a collision course with the party and she would face the harshest possible sanction: expulsion. Zille’s perceived defiance after her successor, Mmusi Maimane, censured her for the tweets pits the current and former leaders against each other. Maimane faces the challenge of sanctioning Zille, a key ally in his rise to power. DA federal executive chairman James Selfe confirmed Zille would meet the party’s federal legal commission (FLC), which deals with disciplinary matters, on Saturday. FLC chairwoman Glynnis Breytenbach said: "When the investigation is done we will send a report to the federal executive. They will take a decision on whether or not she should be charged. "If they decide she should be charged, they will send it back to ...
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