A spiritual trip se kak – Kenny slates Maimane over Israel visit

Businessman and former EFF member Kenny Kunene has joined other critics of DA leader Mmusi Maimane for his visit to Israel.

He claimed Maimane’s trip had nothing to do with spirituality, as the DA has said, and that the DA leader was only visiting his “god”, the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.

“A spiritual tour se kak…u went to see your god [Benjamin] Netanyahu for further commandments on how to be a perfect puppet…sies Mmusi ha o swabe,” he said.

This was in keeping with Kunene’s long-running unsubstantiated allegations that the DA takes instruction from “white monopoly capital”. Kunene also bought a painting last year that depicted Maimane as a naked slave pulling a rickshaw with naked white DA leaders in it.

Maimane shared a picture of himself with his wife, Natalie, while in Israel and said: “The trip was also a spiritual tour with a visit, to the Dome of the Rock, Al-Aqsa mosque, Temple wall, Golgotha and other Christian cites.”

A spiritual tour se kak…u went to see ur god netanyahu for further commandments on how to be a perfect puppet…sies mmusi ha o swabe https://t.co/OCvM7VeZKf

— Kenny Kunene (@Kenny_T_Kunene) January 18, 2017

The DA released a statement last week to explain Maimane’s visit in the region, responding to the criticism. It said the leader was in the region to “listen” and “learn” about the conflict first-hand and discuss how South Africa should be playing a more “constructive” role in bringing the parties together for peace.

“This is in keeping with the DA’s commitment to a two-state solution, where Israel and Palestine exist side by side, which is the position of the South African Government as well as the United Nations.

“Under the DA’s leadership, South Africa will play a constructive role in bringing the two parties together instead of inflaming tensions between them,” it said.

The visit came a few days after President Jacob Zuma’s call for South Africans to refrain from travelling to Israel.

Delivering the 105th ANC birthday celebration speech in Orlando Stadium, on January 8, the president said the ANC pledged its ongoing solidarity and support for the “just cause” of the people of Palestine.

He called on the people of Palestine to work together in achieving the goal of “self-determination”, and also said the ANC supported the UN Security Council Resolution 2334 of December 2016.

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