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Article: 'Racist Cape Town' an ANC propaganda myth.(News)

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Cape Times (South Africa)
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November 3, 2009
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BYLINE: HELEN ZILLE

During the recent election campaign, ANC activists spread many lies, but one was particularly pernicious. They tried to fan the fear that if the DA won the provincial election, black Capetonians would be "sent back to the Eastern Cape". The ANC's propagandists urged black people to vote ANC if they wanted to remain in Cape Town. They consistently described the DA and Cape Town as "racist". And they failed to see the logical contradictions of their argument.

If Cape Town is racist, why are people moving to the city in such significant numbers? And once here, why are most of them so keen to stay?

The answer is that they are ...

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