DA slams Zille-hate group on Facebook

The Democratic Alliance (DA) condemns in the strongest possible terms the defamatory Facebook page containing vicious attacks on DA leader Helen Zille. The fact that Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Malusi Gigaba was listed as one of the administrators of the page is quite outrageous and warrants an immediate response from the ANC leadership (see story). An administrator is able to modify and edit the page and thus Mr Gigaba would have played an instrumental role in developing the content of the page in question.

The fact that both Mr Gigaba, and the ANC Youth League's Floyd Shivambu, have now both mysteriously disappeared as administrators of the page demonstrates that the ANC spindoctors are now trying to hurriedly cover up the affair. It won't work. A cabinet minister has agreed to have his name associated with a vile, dishonest attack, demonstrating either gross naivety or a callous disregard to the principles and duties entrusted to persons in his office.

Mr Gigaba must either unequivocally condemn the contents of the page and apologise or resign with immediate effect.

Statement issued by Juanita Terblanche, MP, Democratic Alliance shadow minister of home affairs, May 19 2009

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A vicious anti-Helen Zille group on the social networking website Facebook is hurling abuse at the new provincial premier over her all-male cabinet and her spat with the ANC Youth League. Named "Helen Zille - is still a venomous white racist adulterer", the Facebook group flings insults at her, including that she is a "brainwashed racist girl" who "commits coitus everywhere with her concubines cabinet in the W Cape". Although set up in the names of several alleged administrators, including ANCYL spokesperson Floyd Shivambu and a deputy cabinet minister, Malusi Gigaba, it is unclear whether they are, in fact, the administrators or involved in the site."

Cape Argus, May 19 2009

 

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not only is Gigaba a racist snake . . . . . . but he is also incompetent. He did not know that you cannot set up a Facebook page anonymously. He left his name all over the place, just like slimy fingerprints. Shame on you for being an outrageous racist Mr. Gigaba. Shame . .more on you for being incompetent, while purporting to be of ministerial calibre. . .less by Peter on May 20 2009, 00:32 Find this comment inappropriate? Report it

Don't give them what they want Hi Hellen, please do not waste time and energy on idiots like these. If they want to show themselves off as twits so be it. By showing you care just encourges them and turns our politcal debate into childish insult thowing. Please ignore them. From one of . .more your voters. . .less by Lynne on May 20 2009, 04:22 Find this comment inappropriate? Report it

IGNORE THEM.....Pleeeeease! Lynne is absolutely right. The DA and its leaders have more important things to do with their time than react to every bedbug that crawls out of the matress. These fools and the people who support them are NEVER going to vote for the DA and . .more trying to stop them is simply counter productive. From another one of your voters . .less by ack on May 20 2009, 06:06 Find this comment inappropriate? Report it

wake up and smell the coffee the anc hate you helen stop worrying about it and get on with reminding me why i voted for you: delivery agree 100% with ack and lynne by charlie on May 20 2009, 07:40 Find this comment inappropriate? Report it

Wake-up the beauty of the web is that you can be anyone you wish to. People use celebrity names all the time on the web. It seems like Peter knows for a fact that Gigaba is the administrator of that page....and i suppose Peter is your real name....right? by Administrator on May 20 2009, 07:57 Find this comment inappropriate? Report it

I agree with Lynne I will vote DA, and support Zille irrespective of what these racist a-holes say or do. Ignore this Gigaba idiot, his actions scream desperation, just like the dumb remarks of Malema and his cronies. The ANC knows that the Western Cape is gone . .more forever, and that some other provinces will follow in the next election. The only response that an uneducated person has to that type of situation, is to attack. . .less by The Stig on May 20 2009, 08:04 Find this comment inappropriate? Report it

Bullying tactics When people bully you it means only one thing, they are jealous of you and envy you. Ignore these people and remember the old saying" When you fight with pigs, the pigs love it and you get dirty" by JvR on May 20 2009, 08:20 Find this comment inappropriate? Report it

Why don't Moneyweb get more comments from the ANC youth leader Msomething? ANC politicians are always good for a laugh, like the daily comic strips in newspapers. by SR on May 20 2009, 08:57 Find this comment inappropriate? Report it

Trollip an Idiot Helen Zille didn't insult anyone - she merely reported facts however distasteful they may be. by Democrat on May 20 2009, 10:08 Find this comment inappropriate? Report it

Zille the Great Perhaps the Dishonourable deputy Minester should give her salary back this month. Seems she not attending to government business and working for the ordinary citizens like she should be! by labour Union on May 20 2009, 10:16 Find this comment inappropriate? Report it

I joined the Group!!! this is how it goes in SA: Blacks votes for Blacks and whites votes for whites... stop trying to make us feel bad about hating zille, it wont work by Motho on May 20 2009, 11:33 Find this comment inappropriate? Report it

report it to Facebook they will ban gigaba by Dave on May 20 2009, 11:54 Find this comment inappropriate? Report it

Job Hellen just keep doing what you do best thats why we support you and not the fools they are.With you and us on your side you will make this a much better place.Keep up the good work. by Pricky on May 20 2009, 12:00 Find this comment inappropriate? Report it

Senior leadership is silent This kind of thing is to be expected from people who are only one step removed from creatures that belong in cages. Where is the roar of condemnation from the ANC's senior leadership !!?? Their silence is deafening !! by Reitz on May 20 2009, 12:00 Find this comment inappropriate? Report it

PLEEEZ Helen, do NOT respond to the racist hate speak from the ANC Do NOT stoop to their level. They are depicted in Nandos ads and Zapiro and Pieter Dirk Uys are best qualified to deal with these racists. Do be careful though because their leader has always boasted about a Machine Gun so if something ever happens to . .more you, and it might given the ANC's hysterical behaviour, we will all know where to look. I hope you have a permanent body guard or two Helen. . .less by ANC Machine Guns coming out now? on May 20 2009, 14:18 Find this comment inappropriate? Report it

As with the rest of Africa, we'll only have peaceful elections and a 'democracy' while the ruling party is in the majority. With actions such as these,the ANC demonstrates it cannot tolerate losing.Worse is to come. by Zumbabwe on May 20 2009, 15:10 Find this comment inappropriate? Report it

This is just stupid Why do they not also complain about facebook groups that are hate groups against the ANC, such as "I can find 1000000 people who do not want Zuma to be President'. They fell short. Zuma did not complain. by ThaboM on May 20 2009, 15:36 Find this comment inappropriate? Report it

Now I know I wont be voting DA next time because... Pay attention Hellen this is me losing faith in your party because of silly nonsense like this, move on and forget the petty stuff. Like ThaboM says there are plenty of ANC hate groups, so who cares... by brendan on May 20 2009, 16:03 Find this comment inappropriate? Report it

@ThaboM There's a world of difference between a campaign saying it doesn't want Zuma to be president and the kind of salacious, blatantly untrue C*** that's on the Facebook page in question. Calling Helen Zille a W**** and whipping up racially-motivated sentiment . .more against her is not politics. That's what worries me about our future - if the DA somehow manages to successfully run the W Cape, next time the elections come around, the ANC will resort to whipping up anti-white/coloured/otherwise divisive sentiment as a last resort. . .less by flim on May 20 2009, 16:21 Find this comment inappropriate? Report it

Look.... If the whites and blacks have so much problems with each other then,,why not just kill each other?? I mean,,what are u people waiting for? ,,When u all dead,then us Coloureds can get our land back,,and we will finally be rid of all you sour,miserable lot . .more !! . .less by Pop Idol on May 20 2009, 19:06 Find this comment inappropriate? Report it

the ANC and racism The ANC has devalued the concept and insanity of racism so that when they use the word racist they actually mean exactly the same as a rabid white using the word 'K A F F I R". i.e it is nothing more than a fully intended insult. such a pity that the . .more dream of a really brighter future has degenerated to paranoid wannabe tyrants like Mbeki being followed by blithering idiots like Mamela. So much for the idealistic venture of african democracy. It certainly did nott take these rascals long to devalue everything. What interest me is their constant, harping on sexual perversion; one wonders why they resort to it and then one wonders again if they are not more egregiously infantile than one tries to give them credit for . .less by Plutarch on May 20 2009, 20:05 Find this comment inappropriate? Report it

Focus Helen must focus on delivery in the western cape and leave other people. we are sick of being bullied by european people, this is Africa and we had cultures way before europeans came here, those that still feel comfortable practising these cultures should . .more not be told otherwise, we have rights that we are fully aware of, Zuma is not married to minors, he is married to mature women that a fully capable of making decisions and fully aware of their rights as women. if they want out of the mariage, they must follow Nkosazana. this Zuma and HIV thing is not what we will eat, we need delivery, that is what Helen is elected for, just incase she forgot. PS: this ZUMA story is really tired and sickening, can we move on to better things!! . .less by Africa on May 21 2009, 13:07 Find this comment inappropriate? Report it

@Africa I agree with you 100%,,,plus,,,these Whites think this country owes them something, but like u said,,the Zuma story is really tired,,,,elections are over,zuma is everyones president,,now its time for these politicians to get down to work....however should . .more it come out that zuma is catching on nonsense as president, it should be brought into the open and the law must take its course. . .less by Pop Idol on May 21 2009, 13:24 Find this comment inappropriate? Report it

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