By: New Zimbabwe
Self-styled Ndebele King Bulelani Lobhengula Khumalo has urged Zimbabweans domiciled in South Africa to flee the ongoing xenophobic violence and flock back home.
His sentiments come after the fatal torching of Zimbabwean Elvis Nyathi in Diepsloot.
Residents in the mass slum say they will not rest until the last Zimbabwean was deported.
Bulelani, himself living in Southn Africa, said it hurts that South Africans and Zimbabweans have clearly failed to coexist and conceded Zimbabweans have overstayed their welcome.
Bulelani said what disappointed him the most was that some South Africans were ignorant of how the border between Zimbabwe and South Africa was set up.
He said they do not even know that some of the tribes in South Africa are being accommodated in Zimbabwe, peacefully.
“The fact that someone who is coming from Zimbabwe has no place here is painful. We have the Xhosa people in Mbembesi in Zimbabwe, so for a South African to not know that there are over 150 000 Xhosa speaking people just outside of Bulawayo is amazing and the overall impression I get is that South Africans view their African brothers as foreigners,” he added.
He said some victims of xenophobic attacks left Zimbabwe without any documentation as a result of the Gukurahundi genocide and did not have prerequisites to obtain documents on arrival.
He called on the South African government to help solve the crisis
“If we do not help Zimbabwe to deal with its political, economic and human rights issues we will have this situation forever. It will become untenable,” he said.
Let the chief assist the South African to call out all African migrant involved in crimes such as cable theft, heist ,kidnapping ,drug dealings and forced prostitution to stop and see all south african child as thiers ,then work together towards building inclusive African communities with love rather than just blaming South African as xenophobic bt not call8ng thier own to order
I agree with the Chief. Instead of labelling patriotic South Africans who are struggling against all odds to build their country, “clever & patriotic” Zimbabweans must just go back home. To rebuild Zimbabwe. Imagine a prosperous Zimbabwe alongside South Africa!