The union has launched legal action against Ntshavheni for making the allegations in a media statement in March.

She accused Solidarity and AfriForum of conducting a “misinformation and disinformation campaign” during their joint visit to the United States in February.

Ntshavheni has six days to issue an apology and retract her statement, or she will face additional legal consequences.

Solidarity’s Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Anton van der Bijl says, “There is some criticism to the fact that we are busy with a misinformation campaign and then when we ask, ‘where’s the misinformation,’ they tell us ‘no, we don’t know but don’t tell that to the international community. That’s not good for SA.”

“So the question is, can we speak to international communities regarding what’s happening in SA, and is that called misinformation? It’s most certainly not. We can, as a civil organisation, talk to international role players and hope for a better SA. So to the critics, show us facts where we stated any misinformation internationally,” Van Der Bijl adds.

--SABC--