Of course she's right, but that's beside the point. She's a politician. One of the leaders of Opposition. And she's white. And she used only 120 characters to make this point.

She should have known better.

Ranjenis point of Zille being the first politician to be subjected to this "political moment" is very revealing of the times we are in. As a white leader, she has less power than a black leader. Still enough though to force Maimanes  compromise, but little enough to make her do it. It wouldn't, and hasn't,happened to a black leader.Yet. But it does set a bar. 

A step forward would be for blacks to also accept that they are a much colonialists as whites, even though they didn't arrive on a shore. It's a history that has relevance too. 

Anyway, I'm relieved a compromise was reached. Zille still has a job to do...