Diepsloot Protest: Elvis Nyathi’s Death: Take a Look at What Nhlanhla Lux Dlamini have to say.
Nhlanhla Lux Dlamini has indicated that he can not cry for one Zimbabwean guy, Elvis a Zimbabwean national Elvis Nyathi who fell victim to the mob because his tears ran out crying for 7 South Africans that were killed by Zimbabweans. Dlamini is blaming the media for the bias.
One Twitter user has also indicated that the police never released a statement of 7 people killed by Zimbabweans; the other Twitter member added on to say, whether it’s 1 or 7 people killed, the fact is that killing is wrong and should be condemned.
Initial the minister of police Bheki Cele when he visited Dieploot on the 7th of April 2022, he had said he knows about 4 South Africans who were killed.
Today the 8th of April 2022, Gauteng Premier, David Makhura, has cleared the air when he was interviewed by Chriselda Lewis from SABC that the 7 people killed is a cumulative figure from October 2021
President Cyril Ramaphosa has condemned and indicated that his party couldn’t back the organization like Operation Dudula. “The concerns that we have is that we have got a vigilante force-like organization taking illegal actions against people who they are targeting and these things often get out of hand, they always mutate into wanton violence against other people”, the president said.
There are consequences for taking law into your own hands, punishing someone for an offense according to one’s own ideas of justice, especially in an illegal or violent way is not acceptable. The law should take its course. Operation Dudula under the leadership of Nhlanhla Lux Dlamini has taken the law into their own hands under the umbrella that foreigners are stealing their jobs. Operation Dudula is a dangerous vigilante group that fuels the deadly wave of xenophobic violence.
Taking a very close look at the situation currently taking place in Diepsloot, everyone is affected, be it a South African national or a foreigner. The issue is not only about foreign nationals and their rights but about the safety of all who live in South Africa. A number of reports have highlighted various issues contributing to xenophobia; some of which include poor service delivery and competition for housing, jobs, and resources.
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