Malusi Booi defends Helen Zille: ‘Not even close to racist’
Former City of Cape Town MMC for Human Settlements Malusi Booi has defended Democratic Alliance (DA) Federal Council Chairperson Helen Zille saying she is not racist. This comes as suspended DA leader in the Eastern Cape Nqaba Bhanga took to Facebook and labelled Zille the most racist person. NQABA BHANGA LABELS HELEN ZILLE AS RACIST […]
Former City of Cape Town MMC for Human Settlements Malusi Booi has defended Democratic Alliance (DA) Federal Council Chairperson Helen Zille saying she is not racist.
This comes as suspended DA leader in the Eastern Cape Nqaba Bhanga took to Facebook and labelled Zille the most racist person.
NQABA BHANGA LABELS HELEN ZILLE AS RACIST
In the Facebook post Bhanga labelled Zille as a racist and also said she worked together with the ANC to destroy him.
“Helen Zille is the most racist person she got of [sic] a file of all back people. Yesterday I learnt how she got information to try to destroy mnrthe [sic] ANC. I’m hurt to know that you were working with the the [sic] ANC against me , [sic],” read Bhanga’s Facebook post on Saturday.
Bhanga was given 48 hours to give reasons why he should nit be suspended from the party.
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DA leader in the Eastern Cape Andrew Whitfield confirmed that a notice of intention to suspend Bhanga was delivered to him on Monday, 26 June.
Whitfield said it is difficult to speculate on what could have caused Bhanga to post such obviously and verifiably false claims on Facebook, rather than raising them within the structures of the party.
“Sadly this latest incident is part of a deeply unfortunate pattern of destructive personal behaviour. The DA leadership have on several occasions made interventions and have attempted to support him to deal with the underlying issues. Bhanga has however reneged on his commitments to these interventions,” he said.
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BOOI COMES TO DEFENCE
Booi who was initially suspended 16 March 2023 was fired by City of Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis came to Zille’s defence.
Hill-Lewis said Booi’s removal from the Mayco follows an updated briefing from the South African Police Services (SAPS) regarding progress on their investigation into alleged fraud and corruption.
“I’ve worked with Helen Zille for years, she is not even close to be a racist [sic]. She is firm and decisive,” he tweeted.
I’ve worked with @helenzille for years, she is not even close to be a racist.
She is firm and decisive.Nqaba must join ActionSA peacefully and not attack DA.
— Malusi Booi (@MalusiBooi) June 27, 2023
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