Simon Nare
ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula has accused former president Jacob Zuma and the uMkhonto weSizwe Party of exploiting anger over undocumented migration for votes.
“A man who was a president in this country, stands up on a platform and fuels violence. How can a person who was a leader not so long ago call for violence in the country? Does he know what will happen here? Who wants this violence? These people don’t know what they are talking about. He is supporting them for political reasons, because he wants votes,” he said.
Mbalula was addressing the media after a meeting of the ANC national working committee. His attack on Zuma comes as anti-illegal immigration protests intensify ahead of the June 30 “deadline” set by March & March and other anti-immigration activists for undocumented foreign nationals to leave the country.
He said the former president’s support for the campaign
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