Western Cape Premier Helen Zille says her suspension from DA activities is likely to have a negative effect on the party’s performance in the 2019 national elections. The DA’s highest decision making body, the Federal Executive, on Wednesday unanimously voted to suspend the embattled erstwhile party leader pending the conclusion of her disciplinary hearing, which is due to start on Friday. The DA charged Zille in April for allegedly violating the party’s federal constitution by "acting in a manner which brought the party into disrepute" after she made controversial tweets about colonialism. "For those claiming legacy of colonialism was only negative‚ think of our independent judiciary‚ transport infrastructure‚ piped water etc‚" Zille tweeted. Although she apologised for her remarks, Zille has since sought to justify her comments in a number of published opinion pieces and subsequent social media posts. In a lengthy written submission addressed to James Selfe, the chairman of the Fe...
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