Solidarity takes EFF to court over 'divisive' statue issue
The Solidarity Movement will go to court on Tuesday to try interdict the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) against “further incitement to vandalise or remove any statues in the country”. Solidarity’s deputy head Johan Kruger said in a statement: “The defacing and vandalising of statues that represent a certain part of the South African history is a highly emotional issue.“This type of action is divisive and causes mounting tension between cultural communities and racial groups.”Kruger said the movement was “approaching the court in the interest of the Afrikaner cultural community as well as in the interest of the public at large”.Kruger claimed there was a direct link between incitement by the EFF leadership and the vandalising of statues.“Each time‚ the EFF accepts responsibility knowing full well that it is a crime. This incitement by the EFF must be stopped‚” Kruger explains.The application will be heard in the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria. ..
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