南ア：与党議員資格停止

　最近、えらいこと選挙結果が微妙だった南アフリカ共和国。なんとか連立で国民統合政府らしきものを形成できたが、その連合の一員から

BBC South African MP suspended for racist language　26 minutes ago
By Danai Nesta Kupemba, Nomsa Maseko and Rafieka Williams

　なんと嘗てオンラインビデオで黒人に対する侮蔑発言連発に加え、黒人は殺害されるべきだと呼びかけただとか。そりゃまあ単なる騒動屋ならありえようが、国会議員（の過去）としてはなんぼなんでも。しかも往生際がわるく、あーそれフェイクだよーと言い繕っており、さらにダメ。

「A South African lawmaker has been suspended by his party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), after a series of old clips resurfaced online of him spewing violent racist language against black people.

Renaldo Gouws initially insinuated one of the videos was doctored and denied it but a statement issued by the DA on Thursday said it was "genuine and not a fake".

In the video Mr Gouws, who was sworn into parliament last week, uses a local slur typically reserved for Black Africans repeatedly along with the n-word, and calls for black people to be killed.」

　こんなヤツぁ除名しろ―と言う署名に4万筆以上が集まったとか。まあねえ。

「More than 40,000 people have signed an online petition calling for his removal as an MP.」

　そうしたわけで、せっかく挙国内閣形成したのに直後にこれかよ！という、南アの残念なお話。

「This could hardly have come at a worse time for President Cyril Ramaphosa as he thrashes out a new coalition government with the DA.

After being sworn in for a second full term as president on Wednesday, he now has to agreed on the distribution of ministerial posts between his own African National Congress (ANC) and the DA, along with three smaller parties.

The ANC failed to win a majority in last month's election for the first time since the end of the racist system of apartheid in 1994.」