Western Cape Premier Helen Zille on Wednesday repeated her defence of her controversial comments on colonialism.
Zille said she is not clinging to power‚ but merely “fulfilling” her voters’ mandate.
Speaking on Power FM on Wednesday‚ the former Democratic Alliance leader said it makes “complete sense” for her to finish her term as premier.
This comes after the DA announced at the weekend that it had given her a notice of possible suspension following a series of tweets in March in which she discussed the advantages of colonialism.
She was given until 5pm on Tuesday to submit reasons why she should not be suspended‚ pending a disciplinary hearing about the tweets.
Zille said she had unreservedly apologised for the tweets and that those who say she is “unrepentant” were her party’s political opponents.
Zille refused to be drawn into comparing colonialism and the holocaust‚ saying the two were different.
“There is a big difference between genocide and colonialism. The holocaust was a deliberate attempt to murder 11-million people. There is a difference between colonialism and a deliberate genocidal project‚” she said in response to a question posed by the interviewer.
Watch: Oops! Colonialism wasn’t Zille’s only controversial tweet
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Speaking on Power FM on Wednesday‚ the former Democratic Alliance leader said it makes “complete sense” for her to finish her term as premier.
This comes after the DA announced at the weekend that it had given her a notice of possible suspension following a series of tweets in March in which she discussed the advantages of colonialism.
She was given until 5pm on Tuesday to submit reasons why she should not be suspended‚ pending a disciplinary hearing about the tweets.
Zille said she had unreservedly apologised for the tweets and that those who say she is “unrepentant” were her party’s political opponents.
Zille refused to be drawn into comparing colonialism and the holocaust‚ saying the two were different.
“There is a big difference between genocide and colonialism. The holocaust was a deliberate attempt to murder 11-million people. There is a difference between colonialism and a deliberate genocidal project‚” she said in response to a question posed by the interviewer.
Watch: Oops! Colonialism wasn’t Zille’s only controversial tweet