Ngizwe Mchunu says protestors will ‘check’ documents at 30 June shutdown

By Charmaine Ndlela and Johnathan Paoli

Controversial former Ukhozi FM presenter and maskandi DJ Ngizwe Mchunu has again warned that illegal immigrants must leave South Africa by 30 June, saying the planned national shutdown will go ahead on that date, complete with ‘checking’ of the documentation of foreigners.

Speaking to Inside Politics, Mchunu said communities had reached “breaking point” over illegal immigration. He accused the government of failing to enforce immigration laws.

“30 June is the last day for all immigrants to ask their countries to assist them to go back home. They must go. We have done an excellent job, and the results are showing by looking at how Ghana is assisting their people to go back home,” he said.

Almost 300 Ghanaian nationals left South Africa this week under a voluntary repatriation process — the result of increased tensions that African countries fear could morph into xenophobic