Going to Harvard University was DA parliamentary leader Lindiwe Mazibuko's "Plan B", opposition leader Helen Zille was quoted as saying on Wednesday.

In an interview with Beeld newspaper, Zille said Mazibuko would not have been re-elected as the Democratic Alliance's caucus leader.

"She would have lost the election... She knew it and many other people knew it.

"I am certain that [Harvard] was her Plan...read more here: Mazibuko would have been voted out: Zille