Racist Democratic Alliance (DA) member, Renaldo Gouws has been fired from the party, it was announced on Friday. The DA’s Federal Executive has unanimously resolved to terminate Gouws’ membership.
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Racist Democratic Alliance (DA) member, Renaldo Gouws has been fired from the party, it was announced on Friday.
The DA’s Federal Executive has unanimously resolved to terminate Gouws’ membership.
“Mr Gouws has been formally informed of this decision. He therefore forfeits his Democratic Alliance seat in Parliament,” Willie Aucamp, the national spokesperson for the DA said.
This comes after a thorough investigation was conducted by the DA’s Federal Legal Commission (FLC) into the allegations against Gouws.
“The FLC found Mr Gouws guilty of contravening several sections of the DA’s constitution. The DA remains committed to upholding its values of accountability, non-racialism, and respect for all South Africans,” Aucamp said
IOL broke the story on how Gouws shared a now deleted video on social media where he could be heard saying: “Alright so there’s a couple of things I want to say. Kill the f**ing k*****s, kill all the f***ing n*ggers. That’s all I gotta f***ing say.”
He was subsequently suspended, but however continued to work as an MP, and even attended an induction hosted by the Standing Committee on the Auditor-General.
Gouws took IOL to the Press Council over the publication’s exposé of the video he made containing racially charged statements and derogatory language.
IOL has disagreed with significant aspects of the finding and believe the decision to be fundamentally flawed.
IOL has refused to apologise to Gouws and is appealing the Press Council ruling.
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