AfriForum repairs pothole in front of US ambassador's residence

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AfriForumhas repaired a pothole in front of the American ambassador’s residence, situated on the corner of Premier and Victoria streets in Waterkloof in Pretoria.

In a release on Wednesday, AfriForum said it views this repair work as a symbolic act to portray how the civil rights organisation is working to repair South Africa’s frayed relationship with the American government.

AfriForum saw it as ironic that – just as the actions and negligence of the Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality led to the decline of that particular street – the actions and negligence of the South African government led to the decline of the relationship with the USA.

Misdeeds of the ANC-led government

Earlier this year, AfriForum called on the US government not to punish ordinary citizens of the country for the misdeeds of the ANC-led government and instead to impose targeted sanctions against ANC leaders.

The organisation added that ordinary South Africans are already being punished by authorities that collect tax money, but do not even provide basic maintenance.

According to Louis Boshoff, Campaign Officer at AfriForum, the ANC has been falsely claiming for months that AfriForum is providing misinformation about South Africa to the US government, but now the true information has been exposed right under the noses of the US diplomats in Waterkloof.

Boshoff further explained: “Just as AfriForum had to intervene to maintain roads where the government failed, AfriForum also had to step in to try to save ordinary citizens’ freedom of trade with the US, after ANC-led diplomacy almost thwarted it.”