Dear MyPE The DA and the Eastern Cape, in particular, welcomes the vindication of former Provincial Leader and the party’s Federal Chairperson, Cllr Athol Trollip, in the Grahamstown High Court. In 2015 the failing and desperate ANC coordinated a hateful smear campaign against Cllr Trollip alleging gross human rights violations and that he had abused staff on his family farm. At the time that these allegations were made, they were dismissed with contempt and proof was provided by Cllr Trollip that exposed the failing ANC’s lies. Unfortunately, the media fell prey to the sensational allegations and the desperate ANC’s hate campaign and reported extensively on the matter. Interestingly the Human Rights Commision declined to investigate the allegations and issued an apology to Athol Trollip for making incorrect public statements in this regard. These allegations have now finally been exposed as nothing more than hateful and racially divisive ANC dirty tricks. After three long years the … [Read more...]