Briefing reporters in Pretoria, Sisulu rejected any comparison between current critics of government policy now using the media and anti apartheid activists seeking international support.

Lindiwe Sisulu says she was pointedly measured in her response to US President Donald Trump’s ill-informed remarks about land seizure in South Africa and the large scale killing of white farmers.

The foreign minister  says she’s given her phone number to her US counterpart Mike Pompeo to avoid a repeat of this.

Government would to sit back and allow pressure groups to spread lies about South Africa.

“The comparison between those people who are lobbying the international community against land reform and the struggle against apartheid is an insult that has no measure,” she says

Apartheid was declared a crime against humanity but  the ANC government, seeking land reform, has committed no crime

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