SINISTER PACT OP-ED: A not-so-odd couple: AfriForum and March and March’s dangerous alliance
The two political opposites have joined in a marriage of convenience where AfriForum is looking for a domestic image upgrade while March and March gets to learn valuable lessons in how to legitimise and normalise anti-black discrimination.
AfriForum, a white minority rights group in South Africa, and March and March, a black-led xenophobic movement, have formed a strategic alliance. This partnership comes as AfriForum seeks an image upgrade and March and March aims to legitimise and normalise anti-black discrimination. Both organisations focus on border control, crime, "illegal migration," and the rule of law.
However, their alliance masks their shared goal of preserving the racial order established by apartheid to benefit only the elite. Both groups weaponise nationalism, potentially undermining South Africa's constitutional democracy. While they claim to represent different communities, their true aim is to maintain inequality and deflect blame onto marginalized individuals.
This alliance serves as a reminder of history's tendency for white supremacy to co-opt black allies for its own benefit, preventing meaningful social and racial justice.
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