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South African opposition 'racist' poll posters spark outrage
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| Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Oct 08, 2021 12:37pm |
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| Author | AFP |
| News Date | Wednesday, October 6, 2021 06:20:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | South Africa's largest opposition party Democratic Alliance has sparked anger after putting up election posters deemed racially inflammatory in a town still reeling from the killings of dozens of mostly black people during July unrest.
Thirty-six people were killed during a wave of rioting and looting largely blamed on South Africans of Indian descent in the southeastern town of Phoenix.
The Democratic Alliance early this week put up posters around Phoenix reading: "The ANC called you racists (but) the DA calls you heroes".
The posters have been widely criticised as racially divisive, sparking anger in a country still struggling with its apartheid past.
The ruling ANC party described the posters as "shameful and fascist in nature".
Ordinary South Africans are meanwhile expressing their disgust on social media.
"Those posters are callous, incongruous with reality & the worst instance of weaponising tensions for short-term political gain," tweeted author and political analyst Eusebius McKaiser.
But the DA is unrepentant.
"I'm never going to apologise for calling ordinary South Africans who stood up for law and order to protect the rule of law, I'm never going to apologise for calling them heroes," DA leader John Steenhuisen told reporters in Johannesburg on Wednesday. |
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