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\u201cWe are glad that the court upheld the interdict, since it is simply unacceptable, irrational and illegal for the government to squander money that could be used to solve the myriad of problems in this country. Yet, the government is proving so desperate to donate the much-needed funds to Cuba that it has also lodged leave to appeal applications at the Supreme Court of Appeal and Constitutional Court. Today\u2019s ruling, however, strengthens our optimism that the interdict will be upheld in the higher courts and that we will succeed with our review application to overturn the decision to donate the funds,\u201d says Reiner Duvenage, Campaign Officer for Strategy and Content at AfriForum.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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