Africa-Press – South-Africa. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has hit back at the United States (US) on what South African officials have already written off as a deeply flawed report on the alleged violation of human rights in the country.
The US State Department released a slew of human rights reports on Tuesday detailing allegations of wrongdoing by a range of countries.
In the 2024 edition, the US said the situation in South Africa worsened during the period since its last review in the previous year.
The red berets have taken exception to being singled out by the US in the latest report.
On page 2 of the 2024 human rights reports, the US again ties the EFF to what it previously and falsely classified as a genocide of white farmers.
Labelling EFF as extremist, the report said the party’s use of the anti-apartheid struggle song dubul’ibhunu “kill the boer” at rallies incites violence, especially encouraging attacks on Afrikaner farmers.
In 2022, the Equality Court ruled the anti-apartheid chant can’t be considered hate speech – a ruling upheld by the Supreme Court of Appeal last year – that its lyrics could not be interpreted literally.
In a heated response, the EFF has slammed the us for shamelessly positioning itself as a moral authority while engaging in the most grotesque violations of human rights both domestically and abroad.
The EFF said the report was crafted to smear South Africa for its domestic policies – including expropriation laws and its stance on Palestine.
“We see this sudden aggression from the United States for what it is: part of a longstanding imperialist playbook. The US First manufactures a narrative of “human rights violations,” then uses it to justify sanctions, isolation, and even military aggression. It is the same tactic used in Iraq under the lies of “weapons of mass destruction,” which left over a million people dead while US Corporations looted oil fields.”
It said Washington’s attempt to delegitimise South Africa’s government should not be tolerated.
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