'You cannot claim God as your own, especially when you're racist' - EFF's Niehaus on whites-only Kleinfontein

JOHANNESBURG - The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has criticised the whites-only community of Kleinfontein, questioning whether what it calls its segregation-driven policies are consistent with Christian values.

Kleinfontein, in the east of Pretoria, is a whites-only settlement with cultural policies similar to those of Orania in the Northern Cape.

However, only Afrikaners who identify with the Christian faith are permitted to live in Kleinfontein.

On Friday, the EFF held a protest at the community, demonstrating against its exclusive admission of Afrikaner people.

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Large white flags are displayed at the community's entrance, proudly proclaiming Kleinfontein's core values, which are Christianity and the Afrikaner culture.

EFF Member of Parliament (MP), Carl Niehaus said the community in itself contradicts values of the Christian faith.

“When we marched here, I see here at the gate that they say 'Ons God'. We want to say to them, you cannot claim God as your own, especially when you're racist.”

The EFF wants Kleinfontein opened to people of other races.

EFF Gauteng chairperson Nkululeko Dunga said Kleinfontein's existence contradicts the values of South Africa's democracy.

“There must be an end of Kleinfontein. We do not want, we don't want to see it and we don't want to breathe with people who think it's right for white people to stay in an area of their own - and then call it 'cultural preservation’”.