Mr Speaker, the ANC condemns the recent attacks on journalists by the DA leader and Western Cape Premier, Helen Zille. In her desperation for popularity, the DA leader took to the social media platform to bully a well-known journalist, Carien du Plessis, about the reports she wrote for the City Press newspaper.
Her race-inspired hysterical attack on Du Plessis demonstrates that she is only prepared to uphold and defend constitutional values and press freedom when it suits her - a shame for a former journalist. It smacks of the actions of a prima donna and Twitter diva. The ANC will continue to support an independent media and its right to cover news fearlessly. [Interjections.]
Zille also directed another ... [Interjections.]