"Dear @HermanMashaba, was this held in Orania under your leadership of the Free Market Foundation?"
The event in reference related to the Libertarian Spring Seminar, which the document she attached to her tweet said it was held in Orania on October 8 to 11, 2015. However, yesterday the foundation joined the fray, and moved to give a little bit of clarity on Zille's claims. In fact, according to the FMF, Zille got everything wrong - from Mashaba's position at FMF to the date in which he left the organisation."The most interesting thing about Helen Zille’s allegation that Herman Mashaba was FMF president when the FMF held a Libertarian Seminar in Orania under his watch, is that none of it is true," said FMF in the statement.
"Mashaba was never FMF president, the FMF has never held a Libertarian Seminar , and the FMF has never held an event in Orania. We could leave it there, but for relevant elaboration. LibSems have been held annually for 40 years, often in obscure places. Since Zille agreed to speak at LibSem four days ago, she should not castigate Mashaba for a LibSem association, even if he had one.
Dear Helen. If you stop talking and listen careful you’ll hear DA votes crashing to the ground. By returning to duty you have proven how much minority strategies will never work in SA. For once understand we need universally relevant politics lead by competent black leadership.