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Column Appears in Pro-China Newspaper in South Africa to Make the Case for Huawei

by Eric Olander
DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP

The Editor in Chief of the South African edition of the U.S. tech-business magazine Fast Company, Wesley Diphoko, rallied to the defense of Chinese networking giant Huawei in a column published in the pro-Chinese news outlet Independent Online.

“It was surprising to see the Ministry of Employment and Labour suing Huawei for violating employment equity conditions in South Africa,” said Diphoko in response to the Department of Labor’s assertion that Huawei’s SA branch has far exceeded the number of foreign employees working in the company.

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