DA leader John Steenhuisen attracts a truckful of criticism on social media, in parliament and in the press for his numerous gaffes (he referred to his ex-wife as “roadkill”) and his failure to grow the party in a meaningful way.

He has now shown that he more than deserves this criticism by appointing Roman Cabanac, a man who posts racist messages on social media and involves himself with anti-Semites, as chief of staff in his office at the ministry of agriculture...