Van Damme says she will not resign from the DA, despite the charges against her
reported that at least seven senior DA leaders, including Van Damme, are facing charges of bringing the party into disrepute. The majority of these leaders are black and were supporters of former leader Mmusi Maimane and not of interim leader John Steenhuisen.V&A Waterfront in June last yearShe said a member of his family was filming her and, when she took pictures of her, the young man slammed Van Damme's phone on the floor and said “voetsek, you black”, in a “threatening tone”.
The DA, in its documents, said the “aggressive” and “loud” altercation could have been avoided as a “higher degree of self-control” was expected from public representatives. Van Damme accused the party of using the same strategy on her that it used to oust Maimane. She called it “leaks warfare”. “I mean the same strategy was used to hound Mmusi out of the party ... And am I supposed to do what in response to this? Turn the other cheek? Shrink? Leave? LMAO,” she wrote.“You want this to play out in public? Sure, no problem, send me an e-mail and we can tango,” she wrote.Glynnis Breytenbach, the chair of the commission, declined to answer questions sent by“The FLC does not comment on nor discuss disciplinary matters, which are internal party matters, in the media,” she said.
No way. That would be the easy way out. It’s simply not how I roll. I don’t run from fights, I jump in. So, let’s fight ❤️
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