THE Democratic Alliance (DA) has laid criminal charges against Penny Sparrow. This follows Sparrow’s comments on Facebook where she insulted black people who were on the Durban beaches over the Christmas period.
This morning DA leader Mmusi Maimane tweeted that Penny Sparrow’s comments were insulting and must be criminally pursued.
#PennySparrow comments are racist. They are an insult to me and to our party. We have too many of these in SA & we must criminalize these.
— Mmusi Maimane MP (@MmusiMaimane) January 4, 2016
DA member Herman Mashaba laid the criminal charges against Sparrow with the SAPS, and a case has been opened. The charges include Crimen Iniuria for infringing the dignity of all South Africans and for dehumanising black South Africans.
“Attitudes of such vitriolic racism have absolutely no place in South Africa. Today the DA in KZN has therefore also served notice of intention to suspended the membership of Penny Sparrow and has referred her conduct to the Federal Legal Commission for investigation. Racists are not welcome in the DA, and have no place in our democratic South African society,” spokesman for the DA leader, Mabine Seabe said.
