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South Africa: Official Opposition's U-Turn On Zille Suspension?
News24Wire, 3 June 2017
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has seemingly made a U-turn in its suspension of former party leader Helen Zille with the latest statement claiming the party has written to her to… Read more »
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South Africa: Zille Hits Back On Suspension
News24Wire, 3 June 2017
Western Cape Premier Helen Zille has accused the party's federal executive of not complying with its own constitution. Read more »
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South Africa: Opposition's Zille 'Refused to Apologise' for Colonialism-Praising Tweet
News24Wire, 3 June 2017
Western Cape premier Helen Zille refused to apologise to the country and the DA for her tweets on colonialism, party leader Mmusi Maimane said on Saturday. Read more »
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South Africa: Zille Suspension Not Enough - ANC Western Cape
News24Wire, 3 June 2017
The ANC in the Western Cape says Helen Zille's suspension from DA party duties is not enough, and she must be removed from her position as premier of the province too. Read more »
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South Africa: Sanco Calls Zille Suspension a Sham
News24Wire, 3 June 2017
The South African National Civic Organisation (Sanco) has called the suspension of former Democratic Alliance (DA) party leader, Helen Zille, a sham, adding that she should be… Read more »
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South Africa: Zille Should Just Apologise - Ebrahim Rasool
News24Wire, 29 May 2017
Former Western Cape premier Ebrahim Rasool believes Helen Zille could make life a lot easier for herself if she just apologised fully for her tweets on colonialism. Read more »
What is Happening With South Africa's Official Opposition Party?
This weekend saw an announcement by the Democratic Alliance, led Mmusi Maimane, that the party is suspending DA Western Cape leader (and the former party leader) Helen Zille for her refusal to apologise for March 16 tweets saying "not all colonialism was bad". Zille replied by saying the party had not followed procedure, and questioned her suspension in a hard-hitting statement. Now the DA seems to have backed down...
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Helen Zille, Premier of the Western Cape and former leader of official opposition party the Democratic Alliance, may be expelled from the organisation over her tweets defending ... Read more »
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Officials in the Democratic Alliance who spoke to News24 on condition of anonymity have accused Western Cape Premier Helen Zille of undermining party leader Mmusi Maimane by trying ... Read more »
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Helen Zille, the Premier of the Western Cape and former leader of the official opposition Democratic Alliance, has been in trouble before for controversial tweets she has sent. The ... Read more »
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"I am deeply grateful for the Democratic Alliance's legacy (dare I call it colonial?) of due process of law, including audi alterem partem (hear the other side)," Western Cape ... Read more »
