Renaldo Gouws suspended days after white-led party joined coalition government with ANC
A South African MP has been suspended by the Democratic Alliance for racist comments, less than a week after the white-led party formed a coalition government with the African National Congress.
“Black people are discriminating against white people and the black people are singing about killing white people,” Gouws, a YouTuber who was sworn into parliament on Friday, said in the video, referring to Julius Malema, leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters and previously ANC youth leader, singing the anti-apartheid song Shoot The Boer.
A party statement said: “The DA has established that the video, in which Renaldo Gouws uses execrable language, is in fact genuine and not a fake as initially suspected.”, the second largest party. Many South Africans believe the DA favours the interests of South Africa’s white minority, an accusation it denies.
“I refute any claims of racism or being a racist. I can, however, see how my message was distorted in the way it was delivered by me and I take full responsibility for the actions of my younger and immature self,” he said in the post on X, the last time he posted on the social media platform.
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