# The Referendum Party says faced with growing international pressure to abandon race-based laws, the ANC has decided to entrench them further. The party’s Robert King says this month marks 40 years since PW Botha’s infamous Rubicon speech, a turning point where South Africa rejected reform and chose isolation. He says four decades later, deputy president Paul Mashatile is sounding eerily similar. King says it is laughable for Mashatile to claim race laws are needed for inclusive growth:
Referendum Party slams the ANC for not abandoning race-based laws [SOUND]
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