DA reports Joe Gqabi Municipality Speaker to Commission for Gender Equality
The Democratic Alliance Women’s Network (DAWN) is appalled by a recent incident where the Speaker of the Joe Gqabi District Municipality (JGDM), Themba Notyeke Cllr, attacked a woman at an ANC event in Aliwal North.
In a video clip of the incident that took place three weeks ago, Notyeke can be seen shoving a woman over a table after an altercation broke out. See video here.
The victim of the attack has since laid charges against Notyeke.
This treatment is blatant and sexist abuse by a person known to be arrogant and dismissive during council meetings. It is untenable that a person in his position gets away with treating a woman this way.
The DA has therefore reported these allegations to the Commission for Gender Equality and asked the commission to make recommendations on appropriate further steps.