COSAS STATEMENT IS HOMOPHOBIC
The Joint Working Group (JWG), a network of LGBTI organisations throughout South Africa, has issued a statement expressing its disgust at a homophobic comment made by the President of the Congress of South African Students (COSAS) about Helen Zille.
Wesley Kgang stated that Western Cape Premier Helen Zille was “not a woman but suspected of being a lesbian”. According to the JWG’s press release, “his assertion that lesbians are not women is deeply homophobic and heterosexist.”
Ironically, the comment was made at a rally in Cape Town on Thursday to protest Zille’s appointment of an all-male cabinet in the Western Cape; a cabinet which the ANC Youth League had earlier said consisted of her “boyfriends”. While the JWG said it was also disturbed by Zille’s cabinet, this “does not however justify the use of brutal and violent hate speech.”
According to the JWG, “The comments made by Kgang represent exactly this kind of hate speech and are entirely irrelevant to the composition of the cabinet.”
“His assertion that lesbians are not women is deeply homophobic and heterosexist and we fail utterly to see the connection between the Premier’s sexual orientation and her decision to appoint an all male cabinet. At a time when LGBTI people generally and lesbian women specifically are facing ever increasing levels of homophobic hate crime throughout the country and in the Western Cape, comments such as these only serve to fuel the crisis,” the network said.
According to City Press, Kgang was unwilling to explain why he thought Zille was a lesbian.
Hellen and her Cabinet sittin in a tree…. “a cabinet which the ANC Youth League had earlier said consisted of her “boyfriends”.”
WAHAHAHAHAHAHA! That has to be the funniest, cheapest, rolling-eye and stupidist comments I’ve ever heard!!!!
Once again I think people should have a little faith, if Hellen trusts them, so can we. I mean what are they trying to say about men here? AND I’m pretty sure Hellen would’ve appointed a woman if said woman layed her cards on the table right*smiley*
I think she should flash her boobs to Kgang and then ask him if he still thinks she’s not a woman! And IF she’s a (closet) lesbian then cool for her!
Who tf cares. Xcatly what the subject says, who tf cares what Helen’s sexual orientation is?!?!? Helen has done wonders for the city of Kaapstad and hope the province will gain lots with her at new post.
Verbal garbage…. The ANC and its alliance partners are so sick with envy after losing the Western Cape that all they can do now is hurl verbal garbage at Helen of Troy!
How pathetic. But then most of these people have little to no education and in there communist mindsets you have to have an “enemy of the revolution” to push your cause. Helen has become the scape goat for their communist agenda. The truth is, this Woman WORKS! And she works very hard and delivers the goods. So Go suck eggs ANC Commies! Viva Helen!
Embarassing. … and this is from the president of COSAS, I am sick and tired of people or organisations attacking the poor woman for standing for what she believes in regardless of whether or not it offends the “ruling party” or not.
He should rather concetrate on what he was mandated to do, that’s if there is mandate in the first place. How about empowering and educating students on accepatable behaviour and morality instead of uttering such dribble on public forum.
He should be taken to task for insuniating that us homosexuals are anything but human. Nx!
lesbian premier. Funny thing is that nobody minded that the former ANC premier of the Western Cape actually is a lesbian!