{"id":21954,"date":"2013-08-16T19:23:04","date_gmt":"2013-08-16T17:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/more-clarity-from-stanford-slabbert\/"},"modified":"2013-08-16T19:23:04","modified_gmt":"2013-08-16T17:23:04","slug":"more-clarity-from-stanford-slabbert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/more-clarity-from-stanford-slabbert\/","title":{"rendered":"More Clarity from Stanford Slabbert"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dear Residents<\/p>\n

By now you would have heard the latest news in my unfortunate email saga. At the judgement hearing on Tuesday, between 1:00 and 3:0 pm, they found me guilty on 3 of the 4 charges.<\/p>\n

Late Tuesday afternoon, the DA\u2019s Provincial Exco endorsed the decision of the Disciplinary Committee to terminate my membership of the party.<\/p>\n

They informed the media at about 5:00 pm on Tuesday, and I was only officially informed of the outcome at 9:04 am on Wednesday morning! They could not even inform me first \u2013 I had to hear it via the media!!<\/p>\n

I would like to clarify five aspects that the media have ignored:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. When contacted by the Herald<\/a> on Sunday, 9th June, I stated that \u201cI was merely asked by the writer of the email to forward it on, as the Metro server had blocked it. I did so without actually reading through it, and have since deleted it as I found it divisive and insensitive. If I had read it first, I would not have forwarded it, as I get many such emails and I do not agree with the sentiments expressed in the email\u201d.<\/li>\n
  2. Up until today Athol Trollip has never spoken to me about the circumstances regarding this matter.<\/li>\n
  3. I only sent the email to fellow DA councillors, and not the media or general public.<\/li>\n
  4. At no stage was I charged, nor was evidence led, that I am or was racist.<\/li>\n
  5. I did apologise to all the councillors to whom I had forwarded the email, and all witnesses for the party testified that they can continue to work with me.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    One email received from a supporter yesterday said; \u201cMaverics from other parties get away with murder, hate speech, incitement to violence; fraud and corruption, etc, with barely a slap on the wrist, while you get punished to the max for a relatively minor infringement and which is committed by thousands of people every day all over SA<\/em>\u201c.<\/p>\n

    I will be lodging an appeal and hopefully will be able to raise some funds to cover the costs.<\/p>\n

    I am most disappointed in how the DA has handled this situation and I will fight to keep my position as your Ward Councillor, regardless of the outcome of my appeal, as I love serving you and my community.<\/p>\n

    Kind Regards<\/p>\n

    Stanford Slabbert<\/strong><\/p>\n

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