Operation Dudula Nhlanhla Lux

2022 - 4 - 20

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Dudula memeber killed protecting Eskom workers after cable theft ... (Independent Online)

A 44-YEAR-OLD Soweto man was shot dead while trying to protect Eskom workers who were replacing a stolen cable that had left many parts of Pimville in the ...

“The community was going to the area where the cable was stolen. The Star understands that the community of Zone 7 had an issue with their councillor. Dlamini said he wished to clarify that going with the Eskom workers was an initiative of the community and not Dudula. He was later told that his brother had been shot in the head. The Star understands that the community of Pimville had been without power for a number of days. “There was an altercation, shots were fired, one person was certified dead on the scene and five more people were taken to hospital with gunshot wounds for medical treatment.

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Kliptown clash: Father of two dies after joining march (TimesLIVE)

Kgomotso Vincent Diale, 44, was killed on Monday afternoon when about 100 residents from Pimville zone 3,4, 5 and 7 went to a nearby informal settlement to ...

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Operation Dudula: When deep-seated frustration meets prejudice ... (Daily Maverick)

Calls for government to act on the presence of illegal foreign nationals in South Africa are becoming louder through Operation Dudula.

After all, the fact that citizens are resorting to this kind of action is an indictment of all political parties and their failure to articulate their concerns. Perhaps this is to be expected when one considers that the Joburg Metro Police have been working hand in glove with Operation Dudula in Soweto. Coming hot on the heels of the July 2021 uprising, Operation Dudula has exposed, in stark terms, that the ANC is no longer the leader of society that it once styled itself to be. The state’s inability to address societal ills is seen by many as the main driving force behind the emergence of Operation Dudula and other similar entities. Of the big three political parties in South Africa, only the Economic Freedom Fighters has come out strongly against Operation Dudula. At first, government denied that there was xenophobia, preferring to characterise attacks on foreign nationals, such as the murder of Elvis Nyathi, a Zimbabwean national in the troubled township of Diepsloot in Gauteng a few days ago, as criminal acts.

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