The DA in KwaZulu-Natal says the slur by an unidentified councillor at an eThekwini council meeting last week was a vicious and calculated attack against the South African Indian community.
It emerged that the councillor in question yelled Go back to Bombay at DA councillor and Chief Whip Yogis Govender during a debate on a monument honouring the arrival of Indian Indentured Workers in South Africa in 1860.
Tomorrow marks 164 years since the arrival of Indians in the country.
DA deputy leader in KZN, Sthembiso Ngema says the inflammatory comment is symptomatic of deep-seated racism that still exists among many politicians.
He said despite there being Indians within the ranks of the ANC who have a solid struggle history, there are those who continue to devalue those within the Indian community.
