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Panyaza Lesufi regrets making falls assassination claims against AfriForum. Photo: GCIS / Flickr

AFRIFORUM: Lesufi regrets false assassination claims

Panyaza Lesufi regrets making falls assassination claims against AfriForum.

Lesufi false claims assassinate

Panyaza Lesufi regrets making falls assassination claims against AfriForum. Photo: GCIS / Flickr

Panyaza Lesufi said he regrets making false claims that give the impression that AfriForum wanted to assassinate him and stalked his children.

LESUFI TOLD ‘BLATANT LIES’

Kallie Kriel, CEO of AfriForum, says that Lesufi expressed his regret over the statements and officially retracted his allegations, confirming that the allegations against AfriForum were blatant lies.

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AfriForum has obtained a court order in the Gauteng Division of the High Court in Johannesburg. It states the settlement in which Panyaza Lesufi, the Gauteng Premier, expressed his regret for his false allegation against AfriForum and retracted his claims that AfriForum attempted to assassinate him and stalked his children, be made an order of this court. Lesufi did not oppose AfriForum’s application.

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LESUFI MADE FALSE ASSASSINATION CLAIMS AGAINST AFRIFORUM

“The Member of the Executive Committee, Mr. Panyaza Lesufi (“MEC”), regrets that he had made utterances on 24 November 2019 that gave the impression that AfriForum had attempted to assassinate him and had been stalking his children. In consequence, the MEC retracts those utterances,”

Extract from court documents

AfiForum and Lesufi reached a settlement in October 2021. Lesufi then denied, in the media, that he had apologised, and he continued to make false allegations about AfriForum.

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The settlement stipulates that either party, in the event of a breach of the agreement by the other party, can approach the court to make the settlement an order of the court.

Kriel says should Lesufi disregard this settlement order in the future; he will be guilty of contempt of court.

“AfriForum is in favour of public debate, but blatant lies about serious matters, assassination attempts, and the stalking of children are no longer a debate. Unlawful behavior that cannot be tolerated by AfriForum,” says Kriel

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On 24 November 2019, Lesufi falsely claimed that AfriForum wanted to assassinate him and stalk his children. He made these allegations during a media conference in Johannesburg,

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