McKenzie, EFF's Ndlozi in war of words over Roman-Dutch law
Sport, Arts and Culture Minister Gayton McKenzie got into a war of words with the EFF in Parliament over Roman-Dutch law and the practice thereof by former Western Cape High Court Judge President, John Hlophe.
Patriotic Alliance (PA) leader Gayton McKenzie addresses the National Assembly during the debate on President Cyril Ramaphosa's Opening of Parliament Address on 19 July 2024. Picture: @ParliamentofRSA/X
CAPE TOWN - Sport, Arts and Culture Minister Gayton McKenzie on Friday got into a war of words with the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in Parliament over Roman-Dutch law and the practice thereof by former Western Cape High Court Judge President, John Hlophe.
Hlophe is now the leader of the official opposition, the MK Party, in the very House that impeached him just five months ago.
During debate on Thursday night’s Opening of Parliament Address, McKenzie said he would be helping criminals sentenced by Hlophe to appeal their sentences.
But the EFF lashed back, saying he was uninformed about Hlophe's views on decolonising the law.
Patriotic Alliance (PA) leader Gayton McKenzie said that parties referring to those who'd joined the Government of National Unity as sellouts were bitter not to be part of it.
But he got EFF MP Mbuyiseni Ndlozi's back up when he claimed the country had a sovereign wealth fund.
"You always talk about education Honourable Ndlozi, your peers are delivering papers while you are ice boy here, being sent around, you must not come for me."
McKenzie again sparked Ndlozi's ire when he suggested the MK Party's parliamentary leader, Hlophe, had been hypocritical in his practice of Roman-Dutch law while he was a judge.
"You never saw something wrong with Roman-Dutch law. Today when you are no longer there, now you are seeing something wrong with Roman-Dutch law."
Ndlozi said that McKenzie was displaying his ignorance and pointed out that Hlophe had written legal papers about his views on decolonising the law.