We welcome the suspension of Helen Zille by the DA, but say it is long overdue in that deeply divided party. The DA remains the vehicle chosen by those who want to maintain privilege of the wealthy and elite in our country.
Zille has so far been handled with kid gloves. Her comments about professional blacks, refugees and unwillingness to acknowledge racism in SA have previously gone unchallenged by the DA.
She served a purpose by mobilizing minority communities against the ANC using swart gevaar tactics. She has reached her ceiling.
Now some in the same group who control the DA and see it as a vehicle to preserve racial and economic privilege are beginning to see Zille as a liability. The minority party of the DA is desperate for the votes of black South Africans. They want to use black voters to in essence block the socio economic transformation South Africa needs.
Yet other funders of the DA fear taking action against Zille will alienate conservative DA voters. The confused DA is in a catch 22 situation with no way out. Whatever the DA decides, the ANC calls on South Africans to reject this DA which harbours racists and colonialists.
A leopard cannot change its spots. The DA is beyond repair. Zille is not good enough now to participate in DA party activities, but good enough to be premier - where the power lies. This shows the DA is not serious at all.. Instead it keeps insulting the majority of Western Cape citizens.