The Free State ANC has explained it has suspended the mayor following the outcry about his 'boesman' speech, but municipal laws need to be adhered to.
The Free State ANC has explained it has suspended the mayor following the outcry about his ‘boesman’ speech, but municipal laws need to be adhered to.
Earlier this month, Speelman apologised for a racially offensive word he had used during an address to soldiers in his city after the SA National Defence Force was deployed to assist in enforcing lockdown regulations. He continued: “I was not saying it in a bad spirit; it was just a slip of the tongue – to say that these people are giving us a problem … I am humble, [I] feel so sorry for what I have said.”Meeko said officials of the ANC had met and considered the issue “about the unfortunate racist and regrettable utterances”.
Meeko said on Sunday: “The disciplinary matter must run its course and the right outcome must be reached.”
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