Johnathan Paoli
THE Democratic Alliance (DA) Federal Council has officially suspended Member of Parliament (MP) Renaldo Gouws, following the verification of his videos, previously alleged to be faked and created through Artificial Intelligence (AI), where he can be seen and heard uttering racist rants.
On Thursday, DA Director of Communications Richard Newton said the party’s top executive confirmed the authenticity of videos involving Gouws in which he uses racial slurs to illustrate his discontentment with struggle songs and Black Economic Empowerment.
“The DA has established that the video, in which Renaldo Gouws uses execrable language, is in fact genuine and not a fake as initially suspected,” Newton said adding that the DA Federal Executive has suspended Gouws with immediate effect while he faces disciplinary charges before the party’s Federal Legal Commission.
Earlier this week, a video from 2009 showingGouws expressing anger and racial slurs about how he was a victim
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