By Thapelo Molefe
Cosatu has launched a scathing attack on AfriForum, condemning what it calls “recklessly dangerous behaviour” that has contributed to severe economic and humanitarian consequences for South Africa.
In a strongly worded statement, it accused the group of spreading “fact-free hysteria” during its recent engagements abroad, particularly in the United States.
This comes after representatives from the Solidarity Movement visited Washington, calling on the US government to put pressure on the ANC to stop implementing what it says are “race-based” laws against the white Afrikaner population.
Cosatu claims that AfriForum’s actions have led to the cancellation of R8 billion in aid, primarily affecting healthcare support for HIV/AIDS patients, and raised the risk of South Africa losing preferential trade access under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA).
“AfriForum has for many years deluded itself into believing that it is a civil rights movement—it is not,” said Cosatu Parliamentary
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