Former DA member Ntombentle Rulumeni, who is suing the party for R10m for allegedly being interviewed inside a toilet for a council post, broke down and cried outside the East London high court on Thursday.
“They crucified me, they stripped me of my integrity, tarnished my reputation and violated my human rights,” she said.
Rulumeni spoke to the Daily Dispatch shortly after the case was postponed.
The case was postponed to July 2 and 3 because judge Nozuko Mjali is ill.
Meanwhile, Johannesburg-based trade union Flair SA’s co-founders, advocate Ronel de Jager and Paballo Sambo, led a group of singing women in protest outside court.
Rulumeni previously told the court she had joined the DA in 2011 and was interviewed in the toilets of the East London Golf Club in Bunkers Hill for a council post in 2016 ahead of the August 8 local government elections.
She said her application had been rejected and when she asked why, she was told she had lied about raising funds for the party.
Rulumeni is a former DA Women’s Network chairperson in BCM. She served in high structures of the party.
DA provincial leader Nqaba Bhanga previously said the party would only comment after the conclusion of the case...