Maimane on Zille: No sacred cows in the DA
'I have a taken deliberate action to say the words of Premier Helen Zille are inconsistent with our party'
DA Leader Mmusi Maimane is not mincing his words on Western Cape Premier Helen Zille's stormy tweet praising colonialism. For Maimane‚ there are no sacred cows in the DA when it comes to the rule of law and he will charge anyone whose utterances are inconsistent with the vision of the party and what it seeks to achieve. Maimane took his #Change19 campaign to Woodlands‚ in Pietermaritzburg on Monday where the party is fighting a by-election in Msunduzi's Ward 32 next week Wednesday. Maimane said he he felt offended by the post from his predecessor and he has reported Zille to the party's federal legal commission (FCL) for disciplinary action. Zille last week caused an uproar on Twitter when she posted tweets that appeared to be justifying colonialism. "For those claiming legacy of colonialism was ONLY negative‚ think of our independent judiciary‚ transport infrastructure‚ piped water etc‚" she tweeted. "Would we have had a transition into specialised health care and medication withou...
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