The Democratic Alliance (DA) has been under pressure to sanction Helen Zille since she caused a storm of controversy with the tweets in March.
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Helen Zille is in trouble following a series of tweetsSouth Africa`s opposition party has launched disciplinary action against its former leader after she tweeted colonialism was not all bad.
On Sunday, the DA announced the anti-Apartheid activist stood accused of bringing the party into disrepute.
Image copyright TwitterImage copyright TwitterThe DA won 22% of the vote in 2014`s general election, coming second to the ruling ANC, and is hoping to build on the success of local elections in 2016 in 2019.
DA leader Mmusi Maimane, who took over from Ms Zille in 2015, said it was not "an easy decision to take", but that he felt the social media posts had undermined the DA`s project, to build a "a non-racial, prosperous democracy".
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