On Saturday, Zille is to be interviewed by the legal structures of the DA’s federal executive as a first step towards determining if she should face disciplinary charges for her controversial remarks on colonialism.
“They will then decide whether there is evidence or not to support a disciplinary charge,” the chairman of the party’s federal executive, James Selfe, said.
Selfe said the federal executive would receive a report on the meeting and would then decide whether or not to refer the case to a disciplinary panel.
DA leader Mmusi Maimane instituted a complaint after a storm broke over Zille’s head last week when she questioned on Twitter whether “every aspect of colonialism was bad”.
While waiting to board a plane to Cape Town last Thursday after spending a week in Singapore and Japan to strengthen tourism and investment relations, Zille tweeted: “For those claiming legacy of colonialism was only negative, think of our independent judiciary, transport infrastructure, piped water, etc. Would we have had a transition into specialised health care and medication without colonial influence? Just be honest, please.”
Zille has apologised for the remarks.
If she were to face disciplinary charges, the outcome of that process would be submitted to the federal executive.