DA seeks IMF support for its opposition to race-based Covid-19 relief funding
It is appealing to the International Monetary Fund to censure the government for its use of B-BBEE criteria in Covid-19 relief funding
07 May 2020 - 12:57
In a controversial move, the DA has taken its opposition to the use of racial criteria in the distribution of Covid-19 funds to the international stage.
DA interim leader John Steenhuisen has implored International Monetary Fund (IMF) MD Kristalina Georgieva to censure the government “and instruct it to stop using IMF monies in a way that discriminates along racial lines and exacerbates racial tension in SA”...
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