DA MP shares post asking for PW Botha to comeback… says she didn’t read the whole thing
Lesson number one of the internet, folks: read the whole thing before sharing or commenting.
You know how people comment on things on the internet without actually reading? Dianne Kohler-Barnard, the woman who says SA’s murder stats are as bad as a country at war, got a first hand taste of why it’s best to read before sharing things all willy nilly.
Kohler-Barnard apologised and said that she “did not read the second part of the post”. The sharing of the post happened a few weeks ago (in middle September, but surfaced on Twitter only yesterday).
Kohler-Barnard was quoted by EWN as saying: “They absolutely should be criticising me for sharing it. I unfortunately didn’t read the whole thing through. When it was pointed out to me, I deleted it immediately and now some weeks later someone has chosen to share it on Twitter and I have apologised again for having shared it on Facebook.”
Current DA leader, Mmusi Maimane‚ and former leader Helen Zille both took to Twitter to say that the post was indefensible.
The post by @DKB20 is indefensible. She has withdrawn it and apologized. now our internal disciplinary processes will be dealing with this.
— Mmusi Maimane (@MmusiMaimane) October 1, 2015
@DKB20 Please withdraw that post and apologise unconditionally. It is indefensible, even if you missed the P W Botha bit.
— Helen Zille (@helenzille) October 1, 2015
