The Messenger

Only God knows me better.

[Tawanda Nyambirai @tawandan1]

If we do not tell our history often enough, our children may end up hurting those who sacrificed so much for their freedom.

Around 1996, during the early years of my legal practice, I was instructed to represent the South African Embassy in a Magistrates’ Court matter. Mukoma David Munhumeso had sued the South African Government to recover rentals he had paid over the years for South African freedom fighters who had been housed under cover in the Avenues during the struggle against apartheid.

I was instructed by the then South African High Commissioner, His Excellency Mr. Kingsley Mamabolo. The Embassy accepted that Mukoma David Munhumeso had indeed played the role described in his court papers, and I was asked to meet him to negotiate a settlement. He was being assisted by my college mate and friend, Advocate Martin Dinha.

We settled the matter, and the South African Embassy agreed to compensate him.

What stayed with me was not the legal case. It was the conversation afterwards. I listened as Mukoma David Munhumeso recounted the sacrifices made by ordinary Zimbabweans who quietly risked their lives, homes and livelihoods to support South Africans in the fight against apartheid.

My heart broke today when I heard one of the marchers claim that Zimbabwe played no role in that struggle.

I could not help but wonder: how does a man like Mukoma David Munhumeso feel when he hears that? I have heard Thabo Mbeki speak with remarkable honesty about the solidarity shown by Zimbabwe and other frontline states during the liberation struggle. But are we, on both sides of the Limpopo, doing enough to pass that history on to the next generation?

Let me be clear. Illegal immigration cannot be justified, and every sovereign nation has the right to enforce its laws. But history also teaches us something about humanity. If the children of those who once sheltered and protected my family came to my door because their own home was burning, would I simply turn them away? Or would I first reach out to the parents who once stood by us, so that together we could find a dignified and lasting solution?

History should not divide us. It should remind us who we became because we stood together.

[Village Guluva @VillageGuluva]

Our brothers need to take their CVs to the Sixty60's offices from tomorrow, there are vacancies now.

[Nigel Tha SlickPastor @thaslickpastor]

Gentle reminder 🚨. Tomorrow tour tickets go live. Australia 🇦🇺, UK 🇬🇧, France 🇫🇷, Poland 🇵🇱 we set 🔥. Germany 🇩🇪 and Netherlands 🇳🇱 I'm working on something!

[Village Guluva @VillageGuluva]

A Tsonga family in Germiston was harassed at their home by the mob who demanded to see their ID documents before looting the house and taking all of their belongings. One woman was bathing when they dragged her out of the bathroom naked.

[SABC News @SABCNews]

JUNE 30 PROTESTS | Various organisations and individuals are participating in forming a human chain at Salt River Circle in Cape Town. They say the action is against the targeting of migrant workers. SABC News reporter Vanessa Poonah has more.

[🇿🇦SOMAGWAZROV🇿🇦 (Ikwerekwere lase EC) @Somagwaza3]

It looks like it's these so called angry South Africans are are a small tiny minor from selected parts of KZN and GP. Otherwise the rest of the country is izithele ngamanza. Bapholile
Look at Cape Town🤭🤣🤣🤣🤣

[The Messenger @Africansam]

@AdvoBarryRoux 0ld Videos

[Thuthukile Zuma @Thuthu_Zuma]

To my African brothers and sisters please keep safe 🙏🏾 Remember that many of us South Africans do not align ourselves with what is currently happening. Ours is the freedom of all Africans from Neo-colonialism and imperialism.

Aluta Continua ✊🏿
Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika!

[ChrisExcel @ChrisExcel102]

People: “Why you never attack White people you only targeting Africans” 🤧🤧

The white people:

[#LordOfTheMedia @samkelemaseko]

#NDRSeminar Vavi: Tomorrows protest will not overwhelmingly be supported in Eastern Cape but will be supported well in Durban and parts of Gauteng. #sabcnews #Immigration

[The Messenger @Africansam]

@Hon_Kasukuwere @tyengeni1954 Wonder what was the discussion he is busy saying let all africans go, im an asylum seeker same as you. We both run away from zpf government.

[Fadzayi Mahere🇿🇼 @advocatemahere]

🔸Sparing a thought for Zimbabweans in South Africa who are going through an additional round of suffering, having tried to escape the vagaries of being back home. It is not easy. Dai nyika yedu yangonaka. Mwari pindirai.🙏🏽

We need new leaders.🇿🇼

[The Messenger @Africansam]

@HermanMashaba Because you are power hungry

[Dhara Blessed Mhlanga @bbmhlanga]

For years we have watched @ZANUPF_Official do this to opposition supporters in Zimbabwe for you to behave as if you don’t come from a culture of violence is tragic. You have been part of a government that jails innocent journalists, students and they keep asking “what have I done

[The Messenger @Africansam]

@ZizinjaAbelungu I think they were because they diverting attention from the GNU, madlanga commission and phalaphala until Zuma hijacked it .All hell broke loose when they discovered their loyalty to Zuma/Mk

[Msunu ka Johann Rupert @ZizinjaAbelungu]

Fikile Mbalula says that Jacob Zuma is “fueling violence” against illegal immigrants for votes.

[In A Nutshell🥜 @Markosonke1]

🚨 THINGS ARE TURNING TRIBAL NOW...

This should concern every South African.

Some Tsonga/Shangaan South Africans say they're starting to feel like "foreigners in their own country" simply because they share a language and cultural ties with people across the border.

Today, a grievance will be handed to the South African Human Rights Commission ahead of the planned 30 June march.

When citizens begin feeling they must prove they belong because of their surname, language or appearance, we've moved into dangerous territory.

Immigration is a policy issue. It should never become a tribal issue.

South Africa we can do better 🇿🇦

[The Messenger @Africansam]

@MurapaG Was suprised even here in Cape Town when the doing road rehabilition, always find stacks on the road side.

[MDN NEWS @MDNnewss]

ANC SG Fikile Mbalula says a video of anti-illegal immigration activist Ngizwe Mchunu allegedly warmly greeting a German woman and calling her "South African" reveals a troubling "double standard" where some foreigners are embraced while African migrants are branded and targeted as "illegal immigrants."

He argues this reflects apartheid-era prejudices that still shape how people think today.

[The Messenger @Africansam]

@Am_Blujay