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The Office of the ANC Chief notes that the DA has quietly suspended its
racist Eastern Cape councillor who hurled a barrage of racist invectives
in an email. The DA councillor, Stanford Slabbert, made racially
disparaging remarks about President Jacob Zuma, alleged that the ANC
produced “dumb idiots who wait for handouts”, and that South Africans
"spread the (HIV-Aids) disease more than anyone else in the world".

Over the weekend the DA, as usual, flooded the media with torrent of
press releases on variety of issues ranging from its performance in the
Western Cape to its disapproval of the proposal for the establishment of
the Office of the Land Valuer-General (which will assist in expediting
land redistribution). Ironically, DA leaders also gave a plethora of
speeches all over the country to commemorate the 1976 youth who fought
against the racist education system. However, it has not issued even a
single statement condemning Slabbert for his racially offensive remarks.
But this should not be a surprise, as the party did not condemn another
racist insult made recently by its MEC in the Western Cape, Theuns
Botha. Botha had referred to ANC member of the provincial legislature,
Zodwa Magwaza, as “’n bobbejaan” (baboon).

Revelations pertaining to Slabbert’s racist email and the DA’s business
as usual attitude towards incidences of racism in the party were
highlighted in the speech by ANC MP Buti Manamela last week, which we
believe pressurised the party into acting against the racist councilor.
We demand that action also be taken against MEC Theuns Botha for
referring to an African woman as a baboon. Botha cannot continue to
serve the people of the Western Cape, the majority of whom are Black,
while he harbors such disturbing views about them. We call on the DA
remove Botha from his position with immediate effect.

The DA’s scant regard to racism epidemic within its ranks reveals its
lack of commitment to non-racialism and equality.