Johnathan Paoli
THE African National Congress (ANC) has condemned as racist and divisive recent actions by the Referendum Party (RP), in which members were recorded stopping specifically Black South Africans and searching their luggage and cars, at the border between the Western and Eastern Cape provinces, despite having no legal authority to do so.
The ANC issued a statement on Thursday, with national spokesperson Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri calling it a grim reminder of the categorisation of Black people as illegal immigrants who must be deported to the Eastern Cape.
Bhengu-Motsiri said that these actions were a reminder of a well-orchestrated plan for an independent Western Cape enclave exclusive to the minority as championed by the Democratic Alliance (DA), and supported by the “fascist” Cape Independents through the Powers bill and plans for secession.
“These abhorrent and despicable acts are a blatant violation of human rights, desecration of our Constitution and act
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