The annoying thing about this partnership between the police and private security to quash the marches is that 90% of private security guards are foreigners. So the government is using foreigners to beat up its citizens
Remember the construction company in George that spent days estimating how many of its own employees were trapped beneath the rubble when the building collapsed? They eventually said 500 because they lacked documentation for the people they hired.
@PhilMphela What baffles me more is how we complain agains illicit financial trade, possibly from Spaza shops & alike entities operating in SA that finds ISIS conflicts across the continent yet defend illegal immigration. Why all media is creative with ‘illegal’ and using synonyms?
Happy seeing this from Dr bcz there’s a Dr on insta arguing that foreign Dr are hired in SA bcs they qualify & says nothing about that it’s not a scarce skill. The same Dr who has previously reshared cases of unemployed SAn Drs. The blatant hypocrisy 🫠
Every country should prioritise its own citizens. Opportunities and public benefits should first serve the people whose home it is. That shouldn’t be controversial… It should be the standard everywhere.
Every country should prioritise its own citizens. Opportunities and public benefits should first serve the people whose home it is. That shouldn’t be controversial… It should be the standard everywhere.
@NMarawule Defending crime and dressing it as defence for human rights but when billions meant for respiratory affecting asbestos and fatal contaminated waters are looted you don’t see human rights there. We’re watching
Personally, I refuse to be misled into believing that employers hire illegal immigrants out of compassion or because South Africans are lazy. My view is that their actions are driven by economic opportunism and racial prejudice, producing conditions that resemble modern‑day slavery. By exploiting cheap labour, they deliberately evade compliance with stringent labour laws, and the workers subjected to this exploitation are consistently drawn from a particular racial group.
For me, this is not simply about immigration; it is about class exploitation. Illegal immigrants in South Africa are deliberately positioned as a hyper‑exploitable labour force, denied rights and protections, while the bourgeoisie and petit‑bourgeoisie profit from their precarity. Some of the economic sectors benefit from this exploitation, and those who profit will be the loudest in directly or indirectly tarnishing or even attempting to character assassinate anyone who protests against illegal immigration. Arguably, illegal immigration sustains entrenched inequality, racialised vulnerability, and capital accumulation at the expense of lawful labour and social cohesion.
The fight against illegal immigration is inseparable from the fight against systemic racism and economic opportunism. To resist illegal immigration is to resist the bourgeoisie and petit‑bourgeoisie who profit from exploitation while undermining sovereignty, social cohesion, and the dignity of lawful labour. This is not a narrow battle over borders; it is a broader struggle against entrenched inequality and the commodification of human beings.
A critical question that arises is the following: is this not precisely the struggle that labour unions and political parties grounded in Pan‑Africanist and Marxist‑Leninist traditions ought to champion? Indeed, is this not the very terrain upon which rhetorical commitments must be transformed into substantive action, where outward proclamations are subjected to the test of inward conviction?
I am persuaded that the demand for illegal immigrants to leave is, in truth, a demand to dismantle the architecture of modern‑day slavery, to confront systemic racism, and to expose the vested interests that thrive on exploitation while silencing dissent. It is a call to restore justice, affirm the dignity of lawful labour, and defend the rights of the Africans. That call must be pursued within the confines of the law, and peaceful protest remains one of the most legitimate instruments of democratic resistance.
Thanks for engaging my post.
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