[LISTEN] Claims over K-word: Lim FF+ Leader in hot water
In a video, Maritz is seen having a conversation with someone when she refers to the APK Church as the "Church without K****rs".
UPDATE:
Lim FF+ Leader denies using ‘k-word’
MOKOPANE – Leader of the Freedom Front Plus in Limpopo, Marcelle Maritz is in hot water after a video surfaced of her using the ‘K-word’.
The DA’s NCOP Member, Beyers Smit, together with the DA Limpopo Provincial Chairperson, Geoffrey Tshibvumo will tomorrow, 26 September, lay criminal charges against Maritz and will report her to the South African Human Rights Commission.
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In the video*, supplied by the DA, Maritz is seen having a conversation with someone when she refers to the APK Church as the “Church without K****rs”.
*To protect the person who took the video and supplied it to the DA, Review has withheld publishing the video
“The DA is of the belief that this horrific incident constitutes crimen injuria. It is also appalling that she would place such an indictment on the Church. We’ve already requested that the Limpopo Legislature’s Ethics Committee investigate this matter. We take this matter very seriously as we believe that there is no place for racists in our society. Her racial utterances are abhorrent and unacceptable and we will not tolerate this behaviour in our Democracy,” Smit concluded.
When phoned for comment, Maritz told Review that she has been advised by her lawyers not to speak on the matter.
