Fadiel Adams faces consequences for derogatory remarks

NATIONAL Coloured Congress leader Fadiel Adams Adams issued an apology on Tuesday to the National Assembly for the derogatory, racist and vulgar language he used against a woman in a social media video rant.

- MAYIBONGWE MAQHINA

National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza said Adams’ rant was “simply repugnant” to repeat when she reprimanded him.

“They are simply repugnant, wholly unbe-fitting of high office and this institution, and therefore it is inexcusable,’ Didiza said.

She also said there were avenues available to raise grievances to argue a case both in Parliament and elsewhere for recourse to vulgarity and sexism. Adams’ troubles date back to when he posted a nine-minute video on Facebook.

In February, he accused a DA female member of endangering the lives of his children, falsely accused Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis and called the DA names.

DA chief whip George Michalakis lodged a complaint against Adams with the Office of the Registrar of Members’ Interests the following month. In its report, the Ethics Committee found that he contravened the Ethics Code and that Adams had stated that he was wrong and undertook to apologise.