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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Tom Watling

South African party files treason complaint against white Afrikaner group over Trump attack

Former South African president Jacob Zuma's uMkhonto (MK) party members gather in front of Cape Town Central police station where the MK party opened a treason case against AfriForum - (REUTERS)

South Africa’s third largest political party has accused a group championing the White Afrikaner minority of treason after US president Donald Trump attacked the country’s new law aimed at redistributing White-owned land.

MK, the party of South Africa’s ex-president Jacob Zuma, filed a treason complaint on Monday to Cape Town’s central police station against AfriForum, which has been lobbying against the redistribution law in US media and political circles. Mr Zuma’s party accused the group of spreading misinformation to influence Mr Trump.

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