black community that she works in offered her that honor for her tireless, selfless community work? She is from FF+ which is known for popularity in black community and I think rietrot mentioned that already. Umgidi means ceremony so anything is possible.
The article dates back to the time Maritz was employed by the DA. She and Smit didn't get along, reasons unknown, and this was when she decided the FF+ to be an option. Eventually, she reported Smit, stating that he caused division within the DA and then he shot back by reporting her to the provincial disciplinary committee, the case made that she used the K-word. She then resigned and crossed the line over to the FF+.
This may be two separate incidents, then and now, but according to the DA on social media, they have all the evidence in being right so I guess this is a recent, 2017, incident going by the DA.
Some political commentators are alluding that this incident did indeed happen when she was employed by the DA, and that it happened at the SPCA when engaged in coop activity. There is nothing concrete about this either.
Googling Maritz, she does seem to be involved with the black community. Bad that she still misses Apartheid, since it wasn't all that bad.
The woman, Pelzer, who is also mentioned in that article didn't replace Maritz,
Sy is baie teleurgesteld dat sy onsuksesvol was in haar aansoek as DA kandidaatraadslid vir wyk 32, sê Delene Pelzer.
reviewonline.co.za
Pelzer gaan haar goeie werk steeds voortsit sonder hulp van die DA
Sy is baie teleurgesteld dat sy onsuksesvol was in haar aansoek as DA kandidaatraadslid vir wyk 32, sê Delene Pelzer.
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‘n Herrie het egter daarna tussen Smit en Maritz losgebars toe Maritz nie te vinde was dat Pelzer in haar wyk kandidaat sou wees in die 2016 verkiesing nie. Maritz het toe te kenne gegee sy is gelukkig in wyk 32 waar sy reeds ‘n kiesersbasis het. Maritz en Smit se verhouding het verder verbrokkel en sy het onlangs besluit om oor te loop na die Vryheidsfront Plus (VF+).
Vandeesweek wou van die inwoners in wyk 32 by Bosveld weet wat het geword van Pelzer na haar harde werk en daarop gewys dat Yolandé Coetzee, die nuut aangestelde DA kandidaatraadslid vir die wyk, nie alombekend is aan die inwoners nie.
Pelzer het aan Bosveld gesê sy het haar voorlegging voor ‘n paneel van die DA gedoen en is daarna telefonies ingelig sy was nie suksesvol nie. Die paneel het bestaan uit Smit en drie ander DA raadslede.
“Ek is baie teleurgesteld. Ek het reeds my bedanking by Smit ingedien. Ek gaan egter steeds vir die party stem en sal in my persoonlike hoedanigheid voortgaan om goeie gemeenskapdiens op die dorp te doen.”
it does seem that the women who served ward 32 didn't get along with Smit. I guess this is where sowing division came in, and where Maritz turned heel on the DA to become FF+, but then Smit had an ace up his sleeve because he heard a video where Maritz slipped the F-bomb or so I assume (or speculate at this time). He got Maritz to resign and then hurdled Pelzer probably due to her relationship with Maritz and that he may have liked the replacement candidate, Coetzee, more so than Pelzer. Coetzee who replaced 'them' is still serving ward 32 according to the municipal website,
http://www.mogalakwena.gov.za/?q=node/55
Witnesses to that account, say the SPCA story is true, may include Pelzer, Coetzee, other DA members in ward 32, and SPCA employees. I doubt Smit will want to be linked to the incident other than reporting the case, accompanied by his black colleague, Tshibvumo, to show unity. This beg the question as to why the DA didn't report her all that time ago?
This is it, only the court and its prosecutors can shine a light on this.
www.rnews.co.za
www.sahrc.org.za
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