'Nothing more than their ambitions': DIRCO slams Freedom Front US visit

THE South African government has emphasised that it was not part of the delegation of Afrikaner politicians who visited Washington, DC, in the US.

- XOLILE MTEMBU

The group that went without being directed by the government arrived back in South Africa yesterday.

The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) spokesperson Chrispin Phiri told IOL that the group was pursuing its “own agenda”.

"Our experience is that State actors do not use non-state actors as intermediaries; therefore, Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) visit and subsequent pronouncements will be viewed as nothing more than their ambitions,” he said.