PRESS RELEASE: RP Condemns ANC Censorship, Welcomes Solidariteit Billboard Campaign

PRESS RELEASE: RP Condemns ANC Censorship, Welcomes Solidariteit Billboard Campaign

‍The Referendum Party (RP) has strongly condemned the ANC-led Johannesburg City Council for vandalising and removing Solidariteit’s M1 billboard highlighting South Africa’s race-based laws, calling it a blatant assault on free expression and a desperate attempt to conceal the truth from the world ahead of the G20 summit.

At the same time, RP welcomes Solidariteit's campaign to expose South Africa’s race-based laws, saying its message aligns closely with the Party’s own Non-Racialism Bill, submitted to Parliament earlier this year. The Bill seeks to amend Section 9 of the Constitution to ensure that equality measures focus on need and merit rather than race - restoring the founding constitutional principle of non-racialism.

RP leader Phil Craig said: “The ANC may paint over the decay of our cities, but it cannot hide the truth. Its vandalism of the Solidariteit billboard is an admission of guilt - and the Streisand effect is now in full swing.”

The party warned that the ANC’s obsession with racial classification has crippled the economy, scared off investors, and fuelled corruption, all while doing little to improve the lives of the poor.

RP further urged world leaders attending the G20 summit in Johannesburg to take note of these abuses and to pressure South Africa to abandon its race-based regime and embrace a fairer, meritocratic system that treats all people equally before the law.