{
  "id": 1519315,
  "title": "Gardee takes aim at AfriForum: \"We won’t be distracted by lizards; We have a crocodile to face.\"",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/gardee-takes-aim-at-afriforum-we-wont-be-distracted-by-lizards-we",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-17T16:27:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mail and Guardian",
    "slug": "mail-and-guardian",
    "url": "https://mg.co.za/politics/2026-08-17-gardee-takes-aim-at-afriforum-we-won-t-be-distracted-by-lizards-we-have-a-crocodile-to-face/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) deputy president Godrich Gardee has dismissed AfriForum as a distraction, stating the party is focused on its election campaign for November 4th. This comes after AfriForum filed a contempt of court application against the EFF and Julius Malema over alleged breaches of a 2017 land occupation order.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}