Helen Zille does quick about-turn on 'colonialism' defence
16 March 2017
Cape Town – Western Cape Premier Helen Zille was forced to apologise on Thursday after she raised the ire of South Africans over her "defence of colonialism".
On Thursday morning while at the airport, the former DA leader had the country – and most Democratic Alliance leaders – up in arms when she tweeted: "Getting onto an aeroplane now and won't get onto the Wi-Fi so that I can cut off those who think EVERY aspect of colonial legacy was bad."
It was barely an hour later when the premier had to retract the statement when it caused an uproar on social media, with some calling for her to not come back to the country.
"I apologise unreservedly for a tweet that may have come across as a defence of colonialism. It was not," she then tweeted.