Outgoing Midvaal mayor Bongani Baloyi has become the latest high-profile DA member to slam the decision by the party to put up posters appearing to praise vigilantes in Phoenix, Durban.
Speaking to TimesLIVE on Friday, Baloyi said the party should not have put up the posters, which it subsequently took down after a public outcry.
“It should never have happened, it was a mistake and I think listening to one of the [community] groups, I think it's the peace committee in Phoenix, I mean they made it clear on how this has undermined the work that they have put in place and what they are doing on the ground. “Lives were lost in Phoenix, innocent people died and we did not look at that when we put up those posters,” Phalatse told“As an individual, I do believe we should acknowledge that it was a blind spot. Yes we did not intend to offend, because we would never defend lawlessness and murders and that is not what the posters are saying, but that is what people are reading.
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