'AfriForum driven by hope that Apartheid will return,' says Mantashe

JOHANNESBURG - Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe has slammed Afrikaans lobby group AfriForum, labelling it an “anti-transformation programme”.

He says the organisation, which has accused the South African government of targeting the Afrikaans community and genocide, just wants a return to apartheid.

On Tuesday, Mantashe addressed the recent developments around AfriForum and its visit to the White House during ministerial responses in the National Assembly.

“Afriforum is an anti-transformation programme driven by the hope that apartheid will come back.

Mantashe called people to mobilise against AfriForum to prevent further harm to the country.”

“It is an attack on the country and everybody must be concerned. We must mobilise our people to confront right-wing mobilisation.