South African Criminal Organization Exports 'Operation Dudula' to Zimbabwe

The female leader of Operation Dudula seems to believe violence is a badge of honour. She recently suggested that Operation Dudula should be exported to Zimbabwe to remove ZANU-PF. In South Africa, foreigners are treated like rats and mice. They are denied hospital treatment and hunted down as if they are fugitives on their own continent - black-on-black violence. Her prescription of violence must be condemned with the contempt it deserves.

How many times must we lament the use of violence to bring about change? Must we repeat the same mistakes, again and again? Violence begets violence - it mutates into new forms. If this trend continues, Southern Africa will become an ungovernable region.

Violence as a tool for change has bred destruction in both South Africa and Zimbabwe. It is abhorrent to suggest that Zimbabweans should emulate Operation Dudula's tactics to remove ZANU-PF. Was it meant as a joke? If so, it was dry, tasteless, and utterly unfunny. How idle must one's mind be to make hunting humans a profession?

How many Zimbabweans have died - burned or stabbed to death? How many other African nationals have been murdered by Operation Dudula? Hundreds. It is high time African states whose citizens have perished in South Africa report these atrocities to the International Court of Justice in The Hague. This madness cannot continue as if they are exterminating vermin.

The fact that Operation Dudula continues to operate with impunity demands answers from the ANC government. Black African citizens in South Africa deserve respect. At the very least, they deserve dignified repatriation.

There are compelling reasons why Operation Dudula should be classified as genocidal:
1. They target specific black foreigners.
2. Their victims are exclusively of African origin - no other racial group is targeted.
3. Black African foreigners are denied treatment in clinics and hospitals.
4. Their livelihoods are destroyed, leaving them in abject destitution.
5. Their killing methods include "necklacing" - tying hands and feet, pouring petrol on their bodies, and setting them alight.

The mob watches as they burn - a pornographic spectacle of violence that entices crowds. Such brutality reflects deep generational trauma buried in the psyche. The normalization of this violence defies all civilized standards. The leader of Operation Dudula appears proud of her actions, suggesting there is hidden political power behind the organization.

During President Zuma's tenure, he gave a powerful speech: "Violence begets violence." While violence was once a tool during the liberation struggle, it is no longer acceptable. Ironically, his son Edward was busy hunting down foreigners, threatening them with death. That was the time Emmanuel Sithole was burned alive by Operation Dudula.

That this organization still exists today suggests powerful forces are behind it. Who funds her operations if she is on the ground 24/7? She is not formally employed. Her group denies thousands of desperate African migrants access to basic healthcare - despite health being a universal human right enshrined in the UN Charter.

I was a refugee in Zambia from 1974 to 1979. I was hospitalized several times and never once asked for an ID. I received free secondary education like any Zambian of my age. Identity was never commodified as it is today in South Africa. ANC South Africans who were with us in Zambia enjoyed the same refugee privileges. Their argument was simple: being away from home was hardship enough, so basic necessities were provided.

I recently listened to my favourite speaker, Gogo Matshiqi, discussing African identity and the legitimacy of borders. To recognize African borders is to legitimize the Berlin Conference - a colonial tool of division and control. The internalized colonial mindset says "black African foreigners out," while white foreigners face no xenophobic backlash.

If one were to ask Operation Dudula's young leader, Zandile Dadula, what the Berlin Conference means, she likely wouldn't know. Gen Zs and Millennials have little understanding of African modern history or life beyond South Africa's borders. ANC South Africans, even those who once lived with us in Zambia, remain silent about the mistreatment of African foreigners. The entire continent supported South Africans during apartheid. This is their payback. Painful.

The ANC government should be ashamed for allowing Operation Dudula to terrorize African migrants. They offer no tangible support or assurance that medical treatment is a right for all. Telling black foreigners to seek private clinics means poor migrants cannot access lifesaving care in a supposedly independent African country.

In Germany, migrants facing deportation are allowed to stay if they require medical treatment. Health is a human right. If Germany can treat African migrants with dignity, why does South Africa offer sub-human treatment to black African migrants? Who is practicing Ubuntu here? In previous articles, I've argued that Germany embodies Ubuntu more than the African authors of the philosophy.

Zandile Dadula must be told, unequivocally, that we do not want Operation Dudula's violent prescription in Zimbabwe. Southern Africa has endured enough violence. We reject it. Before we pass on, we want future generations to know: violence is not the answer. Nations must learn to dialogue. Talking through divisions is a civilized approach. People must not die because leaders failed to talk.

In Ukraine, an estimated 1.7 million soldiers have died because both sides refuse to dialogue.

We also have a Zimbabwean citizen in South Africa using the false name "Chimhama." One wonders if she exchanged notes with Zandile Dadula, who advocates exporting Operation Dudula to Zimbabwe. It is disturbing how some women's minds have become so destructive. Women are nurturers of life - not butchers of men.

Chimhama should be ashamed for harbouring criminal intentions. Her brutality is uncouth. Even if killings are prescribed by Zvigananda, such methods are tasteless. Revolutions must be transformative - not murderous. They must respect the sanctity of life, the most inviolable human right.