{"id":968119,"date":"2024-06-18T04:50:06","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T04:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/dm-simulator-v2\/?p=968119"},"modified":"2024-06-18T04:50:06","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T04:50:06","slug":"petition-alone-cannot-remove-a-mp-mashego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/petition-alone-cannot-remove-a-mp-mashego\/","title":{"rendered":"Petition alone cannot remove a MP: Mashego"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time:\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"rt-time\">3<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Activist Mandisa Mashego says a petition alone cannot lead to the removal of a Member of Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>Her statement follows the apology of Democratic Alliance (DA) MP Renaldo Gouws for a controversial video that has sparked allegations of racism against him.<\/p>\n<p>The newly sworn-in MP faces backlash over a 2009 video that resurfaced, showing him making charged comments against the African National Congress (ANC) government.<\/p>\n<p>A petition demanding his removal from office has gained momentum, with almost 30 000 signatures.<\/p>\n<p>The DA has yet to react to the developments.<\/p>\n<p>Mashego explains what the law stipulates in such a case. \u201cWhether you believe that I made a racist remark or not, if I am a member of Parliament or legislature or council, the reality is that the electoral laws do not allow a petition to have me removed\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s very important for South Africans to begin to wrap their heads around these things,\u201d adds Mashego.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PODCAST | Mandisa Mashego\u2019s full interview on SAFM\u2019s First Take:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"A 2009 controversial video demands the removal of a newly sworn-in DA MP\" src=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/first-take-sa\/a-2009-controversial-video-demands-the-removal-of\/embed\" width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Social Media reaction to Gouws\u2019 apology:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A snippet of a video that I posted 16 years ago (back in 2009) when I was young and still a student has been recycled and posted on social media over the last few days.<\/p>\n<p>I addressed this snippet in 2016 and again in 2020 when approached by the media when it was posted on social\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ngamla Gouws ?? (@RenaldoGouws) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RenaldoGouws\/status\/1802751245876105601?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 17, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Even though the term &#8220;racist&#8221; has lost all meaning in this country I firmly believe that those who falsely accuse others of &#8220;racism&#8221; or being &#8220;racist&#8221;, should face a heavy fine or at least some consequences for damaging the reputation of those they falsely accuse.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ngamla Gouws ?? (@RenaldoGouws) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RenaldoGouws\/status\/1802313401919480105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 16, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I don&#8217;t think they must remove Renaldo Gouws cos we need daily reminders of just how vile and racist the DA actually is. Renaldo shatters the illusion created by liberals that they are tolerant, they are not. They use nice words but they still think black ppl are k*ffirs <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LhPaLCV5dE\">https:\/\/t.co\/LhPaLCV5dE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Phakamile Hlubi-Majola (@phakxx) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/phakxx\/status\/1802810033358422397?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 17, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"nl\">Renaldo Gouws is a homophobe too <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IBp92KRGN8\">https:\/\/t.co\/IBp92KRGN8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dan Corder ? (@DanCorderOnAir) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanCorderOnAir\/status\/1802721603094020289?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 17, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This one video taken 15 years ago doesn\u2019t even do Renaldo Gouws justice.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve seen a lot more recent videos to know he\u2019s a such an angry, vile man. Yes, I\u2019ve signed the petition. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dyRoIkaQV0\">https:\/\/t.co\/dyRoIkaQV0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lynette Engelbrecht (@Lynette_SA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lynette_SA\/status\/1802754905414758627?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 17, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time:\u00a03\u00a0minutes Activist Mandisa Mashego says a petition alone cannot lead to the removal of a Member of Parliament. Her statement follows the apology of Democratic Alliance (DA) MP Renaldo Gouws for a controversial video that has sparked allegations of racism against him. The newly sworn-in MP faces backlash over a 2009 video that resurfaced, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":968120,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1895],"tags":[3087,1909,246,234,339,3088],"class_list":["post-968119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-activist-mandisa-mashego","tag-african-national-congress","tag-anc","tag-da","tag-democratic-alliance","tag-renaldo-gouws"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/968119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=968119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/968119\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/968120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=968119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=968119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=968119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}