The arrest of Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Helen Zille was an attempt to settle political battles with state resources, the Western Cape office of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) said on Tuesday.
The Cosatu statement coincided with a brief appearance by Zille and 10 other people in the Mitchells Plain Magistrate's Court on a charge under the Regulation of Gatherings Act.
Cosatu said the confrontational "circus" between the provincial government and the City of Cape Town -- of which Zille is also mayor -- had been exacerbated by her arrest.
"[It] should be condemned as it uses state resources to settle political battles, and could be seen as part of the ongoing gimmick of governments to politicise everything whilst our people are suffering.
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