MEC, DA leader square off in Bhisho

Furious Capa accuses Trollip of launching personal attack.

HEATED debate in the Bhisho legislature this week had agriculture MEC Zoleka Capa threatening to show DA provincial leader Athol Trollip “what this woman is made of”, were it not for the fact they were in the legislature.

Capa had been upset by jibes made by Trollip over her leadership of the department.

Tempers flared during the House sitting on Tuesday when the opposition MPL lambasted Capa for management and financial mishaps, while the MEC accused Trollip of lodging a personal attack against her and her family.

“As long as you talk about my husband, you are talking about an MK cadre and a commissar. We actually fought for this country as that family and we do not expect those who were actually opposed to our struggle will utilise democratic institutions to personally attack us.

“They continue to attack the poor black woman who was born behind the door because she does not have lawyers,” an emotional Capa said.

Speaking to Dispatch yesterday, Capa denied threatening Trollip, saying she was only highlighting issues she described as personal attacks against her and her family.

Trollip yesterday denied he had attacked Capa personally, saying it was the MEC who had threatened him. Trollip further accused Capa of dilly-dallying when questions were asked of her department’s performance.

Capa asked the legislature to rule on her allegations that Trollip had attacked her personally and yesterday acting speaker Alfred Mtsi ruled Trollip’s actions had not been a personal attack on Capa. —