Pretoria – The ANC provincial executive committee (PEC) in Gauteng has come to the defence of its chairperson and Education MEC, Panyaza Lesufi, following AfriForum’s threats to take legal action against him for making “defamatory” comments.
The comments were allegedly made during a television interview after Lesufi was elected as the new party chairperson.
In denouncing racism, Lesufi made reference to AfriForum, saying: “Racists are mindless, useless and selfish. We must not tolerate racists. AfriForum and many other organisations that are coming in our country to represent a certain race and a certain language must not be tolerated.”
The lobby group took offence and demanded…
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