Show us the lies’ — Solidarity hits back at minister’s misinformation claims

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Cape Town – Trade union Solidarity is demanding a public apology from Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni after she accused the union and AfriForum of spreading misinformation during a visit to the US in February.

“I don’t know why they continue to go and peddle lies.

“If they don’t like South Africa so much, if they don’t like the efforts of [the] government to redress the inequalities of the past, why don’t they take up President Trump on his offer to resettle in the United States?,” Ntshavheni said at the time. 

Solidarity has initiated legal action and given the minister six days to retract her statement or face further consequences.

“There is some criticism to the fact that we are busy with a misinformation campaign and then when we ask, ‘where’s the misinformation,’ they tell us ‘no, we don’t know but don’t tell that to the international community. That’s not good for South Africa,” SABC News quoted Solidarity’s Deputy CEO, Anton van der Bijl as saying.

“So the question is, can we speak to international communities regarding what’s happening in SA, and is that called misinformation? It’s most certainly not. We can, as a civil organisation, talk to international role players and hope for a better SA. So to the critics, show us facts where we stated any misinformation internationally.

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