Kohler Barnard was taken to court by DA staff member Louw Nel in February for allegedly making discriminatory utterances during a workshop with staff members.
In his affidavit, Nel said the alleged utterances caused great hurt and offence to him, and to his colleagues with whom he had a conversation at the conclusion of the workshop.
Nel argued that there was no space for a political debate in the context of the workshop as it was attended by employees who were employed to support DA MPs in parliament, positions which could also be interpreted as working for MPs. Tsele said Kohler Barnard was disputing Nel's version on two bases – factually and that his version was a gross mischaracterisation of what Kohler Barnard said, and in some instances simply false.
Thulare blasted Kohler Barnard for not filing a responding affidavit despite being served papers on February 23. He criticised the DA MP for being"almost dismissive" of the case and Nel's"serious accusations".
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