ID Chief Whip Lance Greyling says DA national leader Helen Zille ‘has double double standards because she is ignoring even the most infantile political principles at the expense of the poor.’

 

Greyling’s comments come after the Independent Democrats in Cape Town this week opposed the high rates and tariffs increases proposed by the DA here.

 

In Cape Town, the DA wants to increase water tariffs by 19%, an increase the DA calls ‘reasonable’.

 

However, a statement from the DA Durban caucus in reaction to an ANC budget there refers to “the hefty 15% [water] increase.”

 

‘In Durban the DA has aggressively opposed what it calls the governing ANC’s hefty 15% increase in water tariffs, while in Cape Town Zille and the DA have the audacity to propose a 19% increase,’ Greyling, whose constituency is KZN, says.

 

‘As the national leader of the DA, can Zille please explain why the DA in Cape Town calls a 19% increase in water tariffs “reasonable”, while in Durban a 15% increase proposed by the ANC is “hefty”?

 

‘Either Zille is hypocritical, or she has no idea of what is happening outside her Mayoral position in Cape Town, or perhaps Zille wants to continue the sad legacy of her predecessor, Tony Leon, of opposition at all costs,’ says Greyling.

'What the public demands from Helen Zille and her DA is consistency. Will the real Democratic Alliance please stand up so the public can see who they really are.'