Lobby group AfriForum CEO Kallie Kriel has reiterated his accusation that President Cyril Ramaphosa and the African National Congress (ANC) are causing division, this after Ramaphosa said AfriForum and Solidarity “spawned division” with a visit to the US this week.

The Solidarity Movement and its organisations held meetings with representatives of US President Donald Trump’s administration to discuss concerns regarding South Africa’s policies.

Following discussions with US representatives, the Solidarity Movement issued a warning to the South African government that a Bill is being considered by the US to review bilateral relations between both countries.

Many have labelled the Solidarity Movement and its associated organisations as “treasonous”, with the uMkhonto weSizwe Party recently opening a case of treason against AfriForum.

However, the Solidarity Movement and its organisations have instead blamed the South African government, and particularly the ANC, for alienating the US and straining tensions.

Kriel said Ramaphosa and the leaders of the ANC must accept responsibility for the division they were sowing.

“It is Ramaphosa who signed the anti-Afrikaans Bela Act – an act that threatens the cultural existence of Afrikaans-speaking cultural communities. It is also Ramaphosa who signed the Expropriation Act. It is he who refuses to condemn slogans such as ‘Kill the Boer’ and it is the same President who denies the existence of farm murders,” Kriel stated.

He pointed to letters that AfriForum, Solidarity and the Solidarity Movement sent to Ramaphosa about the Bela Act, the Expropriation Act and the current tension with the US, claiming that these letters were simply ignored.

Meanwhile, Ramaphosa’s spokesperson Vincent Magwenya said the President refused to enter discussions with these organisations, with Kriel labelling this action and Ramaphosa’s “U-turn” on the Bela negotiations at Nedlac as “contemptuous.”

“We will not be deterred. We will simply continue to fight for the interests of the country, and we will also fight unashamedly for the interests of Afrikaners. These statements only motivate us more to get our message out loud and clear,” emphasised Kriel.

He pointed out that the movement would not be silenced by the “so-called cancel culture”.