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Zille to meet with DA's Breytenbach over tweets

Thursday, 23 March 2017, 08:26
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Zille to meet with DA's Breytenbach over tweets
Helen Zille.
NATIONAL NEWS - A meeting between Western Cape Premier Helen Zille and Democratic Alliance (DA) officials this weekend will determine whether or not she will face disciplinary proceedings over her tweets about colonialism.

Last week, Zille tweeted that the legacy of colonialism was not only negative.

She later apologised, denying the tweets were in defence of colonialism.

DA leader Mmusi Maimane says he referred Zille’s tweets on colonialism to the Federal Legal Commission, as they may have violated the party’s social media policy for public representatives.

DA Federal Caucus Chairperson James Selfe says Zille will meet the chairperson of the commission Advocate Glynnis Breytenbach on Saturday.
 

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