Lindiwe Sisulu remains defiant amid calls for her to be hauled over the coals for her controversial article that criticized the Constitution and black judges.
In an interview over the weekend, Sisulu said that she had a right to freedom of speech because she fought for this country.
There had reportedly been a meeting with officials last week when it was decided that Lindiwe Sisulu would appear before the integrity commission and have a meeting with Mabuza.
The date of the meeting between Lindiwe Sisulu and the integrity commission is reportedly being discussed, however Sisulu has said that she did not see the need for her to appear before the commission as she was entitled to her opinion.
When asked about how she felt about the turn of events since she wrote her opinion piece, she said: “I don’t know, I think free speech is guaranteed in the same constitution they want to uphold. So I do not understand at what point free speech is limited for other people.”
Questioned on whether she was being slammed for being bold enough to challenge the sequence of events that took place between her and Ramaphosa she said: “Well, I have always been bold. I fought for this country bold. I don’t know how many of the people that are talking have fought. I fought, I am a soldier. I gave up my life for this country so I am not perturbed. I am just doing what I was brought up to do, which is to fight for my country, and I am doing that. I do not know of anybody who has gone through what I have gone through. I do not know anybody who has fought for this country amongst the people that you are talking to. I did. Physically. I am a soldier in my own right. So I am not particularly worried about it.”
Sources: The World News, Times LIVE
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