You're right, foreign politicians should never get involved in the internal matters of an elected African government - what were all those European countries doing, sticking their noses into SA's business and attempting to get Apartheid brought to an end - disgusting that they thought they knew better!

And of course, you're equally right that Maimane's approach to an opposition leader being charged with treason for daring to get in the way of the big man's blue light motorcade was rather bombastic. He should rather have adopted the approach Mbeki took when Morgan Tsvangirai was being arrested and assaulted in Zimbabwe - quiet diplomacy is a much more proven method!

As for 'Maimane and the DA’s selective human rights justice', again they could learn from the ANC's stint in the UN security council: don't be selective, simply give all your backing to dictatorships like North Korea & Myanmar (Burma), or simply choose to abstain completely from voting on critical human rights issues!!