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Gbeminiyi Ogunleye
1 week ago
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Trump VS SA: Zuma's Party Opens Treason Case Against Afrikaner Lobby Group
The MK Party (MKP) has opened a case of high treason against lobby group AfriForum following a diplomatic storm that led to US President Donald Trump's decision to cut USAID funding to the country.
On Monday, the MKP lodged a criminal complaint against the group at Cape Town Central police station.
Former Western Cape judge and incumbent MKP deputy president John Hlophe told journalists that the party vehemently condemned the "treasonous actions of AfriForum, which has deliberately lobbied foreign powers to act against the sovereignty and economic interests of South Africa".
"Their betrayal is nothing less than an act of economic sabotage, a direct assault on our nation's independence, and a dangerous attempt to undermine the will of the people," he said.
Hlophe added that AfriForum's direct appeal to a foreign government, which has resulted in economic retaliation against South Africa, aligns with many legal precedents.
He said:
AfriForum has a long and disgraceful history of opposing South Africa's democratic transformation, shielding the racist economic interests of the privileged European settler elite while disregarding the suffering of the oppressed majority.
"Their latest act of treachery – lobbying the US government to impose punitive economic measures on South Africa – is a deliberate attempt to weaken our state through external pressure."
Hlophe stressed that AfriForum had declared itself an "enemy of the South African people".
"Their divisive and anti-democratic agenda can no longer be tolerated," he said.
