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Helen Zille will not retract her statements about Julius Malema or apologise to him by close of business on 11 November 2026.
“Since this has been part and parcel of the campaign strategy of the Democratic Alliance to try and throw anything at the EFF and hope that it sticks without any backing or substantiation, we don't foresee that she's going to do”
Snao Otambo · Cape Talk · The Clarence Ford Show · 11 Nov 2026
The verdict· graded 12 Nov
On 11 November 2026, Helen Zille refused to apologise to Julius Malema, insisting what she said was true. Her lawyers rejected his demand for a retraction and public apology.
The claim was that Zille would neither retract nor apologise by the 11 November deadline. Three passages dated that day report her refusal and her lawyers' rejection of Malema's demand, and she said on X on Tuesday that she would do neither. No passage explicitly confirms her position at close of business, but nothing suggests she reversed it later that day.
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