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The Sunday Times reported that at least seven senior prosecutors, including Van Damme, face charges of smearing the party. Most of these leaders are black and were supporters of former leader Mmusi Maimane and not interim leader John Steenhuisen.
The commission’s charges include Van Damme’s “ugly confrontation” with a family at the V&A Waterfront in June of last year.
She said a family member was filming her and, when she took pictures of him, the young man hit Van Damme’s phone on the floor and said “voetsek, nigga”, in a “threatening tone”.
The district attorney, in his documents, said that the “aggressive” and “noisy” altercation could have been avoided as a “greater degree of self-control” was expected from the public representatives.
Van Damme accused the party of using the same strategy with her that it used to expel Maimane. She called it a “leak war.”
“I mean the same strategy was used to get Mmusi out of the party … And am I supposed to do what in response to this? Turn the other cheek? Shrinkage? Leave? LMAO, ”he wrote.
He said he would not accept an apology, as his name has been “dragged through the mud.”
“Do you want this to unfold in public? Sure, no problem, send me an e-mail and we can dance the tango ”, he wrote.
He also made it clear that he would not resign, as that would be the “easy way out.”
Glynnis Breytenbach, chairman of the commission, declined to answer questions sent by TimesLIVE.
“The FLC does not comment on or discuss disciplinary matters, which are internal party affairs, in the media,” he said.
