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From the Daily Maverick 🇺🇸 🇿🇦 Stratcom steered the apartheid regime’s propaganda war against democracy. A former cop tied to it alleged that its agents were in contact with US figures, one who appears influential in Donald Trump’s administration. Trump, meanwhile, is now accused of pushing propaganda against South Africa.
Former South African policeman Paul Erasmus, who died in 2021, previously named Edwin Feulner as among the US figures who local Stratcom operatives had allegedly been “in touch” with.
Feulner, 83, is a founder of The Heritage Foundation, a think-tank described on its website as “America’s powerhouse of conservative ideas” which Trump’s administration appears to strongly draw from. He was also viewed as someone who could give high-level advice to apartheid’s disinformation agents.
Former South African policeman Paul Erasmus, who died in 2021, previously named Edwin Feulner as among the US figures who local Stratcom operatives had allegedly been “in touch” with.
Feulner, 83, is a founder of The Heritage Foundation, a think-tank described on its website as “America’s powerhouse of conservative ideas” which Trump’s administration appears to strongly draw from. He was also viewed as someone who could give high-level advice to apartheid’s disinformation agents.