No, Chair, he was his boss. The Botha that I am referring to was the hon Watson's boss.
Chair, in September, four people of Hangberg lost an eye each in brutal shootings; in November, more were shot at in Eerste River and a woman was hit four times as she tried to get away; on March 10, people in Elsies River were wounded with rubber bullets and live ammunition, and a man with disabilities, limping away, was hit twice in the back; this week a girl of four was wounded in Nyanga by a rubber bullet when law enforcement officers claimed to be clamping down on a taxi strike.
It is clear from these examples that this DA monster is devouring and hurting mostly the poor. Here in Cape Town there is a lone ranger, running his own battle, called sheriff J P Smith of this bylaw city. He is working very hard to turn the Cape into a little Monaco - a reserve for the rich and famous. The privileged are welcomed in this city, while he is waging a war on the poor with the blessings of his national leader, Madam Helen Zille.
The DA in government has created more restrictive bylaws than goodwill. There is a growing resistance to the oppressive DA. This party with its "fit for purpose" misguided principles pretends to care for poor and ordinary people. It claims it is guided by the Constitution and the rule of law. This is what it says, but what does it do? In practice, it finds itself too often in breach of the Constitution, its Bill of Rights and the rule of law.
In a number of court battles, it was found to be in breach of the Constitution and the principles embedded in our law. Here are a few examples: the Cape High Court found the provincial government's interference in the Overberg District Municipality by Premier Zille unconstitutional; in another matter, local government MEC Bredell unsuccessfully attacked a well-doer who allowed 500 homeless people to take shelter on his land in Philippi. MEC Bredell called it a dumping ground. He thinks people are rubbish, and we know his party does not like poor people coming to this province as they call them foreigners or "inkommers", strangers in their own country. A schoolgirl was kicked out of a Stellenbosch school, because they did not like her photo on Facebook, and Zille's education MEC agreed with that. When it looked bleak in the High Court, they quickly settled the matter. In the Makhaza open toilet scandal, the DA once more was taught a lesson in human rights by the SA Human Rights Commission itself ...