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She defended her presence in Senekal amid racial tensions two weeks ago before the bail hearing of two suspects accused of killing farm manager Brendin Horner.
DA Federal Council President Helen Zille attended protests in Senekal on Friday October 16, 2020. Image: DA Deputy Dean Macpherson
JOHANNESBURG – The president of the federal council of the Democratic Alliance (DA), Helen Zille, said Monday that people cannot pigeonhole it in a racial category.
She defended her presence in Senekal amid racial tensions two weeks ago before the bail hearing of two suspects accused of killing farm manager Brendin Horner.
Many in the farming community came face to face with some members of the Red Berets in the small town of Free State.
Zille and the district attorney have been criticized for suddenly amplifying issues plaguing farmers on other issues in recent months, with some claiming it was all part of the party’s local government strategy to regain votes, which it lost to the front. of freedom plus in the general elections of 2019..
Zille said everyone must join the fight to defend farmers: “The minority that produces all of our food in South Africa is attacked disproportionately in number, all South Africans who uphold the principles must join the protest against it. . “
She denied that the district attorney had prioritized farm killings over other violent crimes, arguing that she had a long history of seeking justice even during the apartheid era.
“I was the one who fought against the national government for years and years and years for the right to have a judicial investigation into the killings in Khayelitsha and I finally succeeded. No one has taken the deaths in Khayelitsha more seriously than I have. “
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