RIGHT OF REPLY | AfriForum and the perils of daring to demand normality
AfriForum spokesperson Ernst van Zyl responds to a column by Tom Eaton, Let’s get to the Roet of it: is it money? Making black people poorer? A persecution kink?
17 March 2025 - 04:30
The past month was characterised by relentless attacks on AfriForum and the Solidarity Movement. The crime that the two organisations are accused of? They dared to voice uncomfortable truths about the South African government. Many baseless allegations were flung at the two organisations. I will address them collectively by referring to Tom Eaton’s recent piece, because it contains almost all the most popular yet unsubstantiated smears levelled at AfriForum...
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