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Mupambi distances self from Whatsapp message calling for revenge on violent South Africans
26 Feb 2017 at 17:05hrs | Views
This Constitution our Constitution Leader Abigale Mupambi has distanced her self from a Whatsapp message calling for African immigrants to rise up and revenge to South Africans following the out break of xenophobic attacks on foreigners in that country.
Bulawayo 24 recently published a story based on Whatsapp message which circulated in Zimbabwe purportedly in her name in which she was alleged to have called for revenge on violent South Africans. But Mupambi has contacted this publication registering his concerns and distancing herself from the message.
"Kindly help remove and denounce xenophobia related article. Actually I do not know it," she wrote.
"This is a deliberately meant to counter my self and our campaign on constitutionalism agenda, myself being a pro-democracy activist and human rights defender."
She said this means she can not call for violence any how.
South Africa has of late experienced a spate of foreign nationals attacks by citizens with quite a number of people having been killed in the violence.
Bulawayo 24 recently published a story based on Whatsapp message which circulated in Zimbabwe purportedly in her name in which she was alleged to have called for revenge on violent South Africans. But Mupambi has contacted this publication registering his concerns and distancing herself from the message.
"Kindly help remove and denounce xenophobia related article. Actually I do not know it," she wrote.
She said this means she can not call for violence any how.
South Africa has of late experienced a spate of foreign nationals attacks by citizens with quite a number of people having been killed in the violence.
Source - Byo24News
