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Kopanong Africa Against Xenophobia (KAAX) says it does not believe any human being should be labelled as an illegal immigrant.

where protestors are calling for law enforcement intervention on issues of foreign nationals.

Several people have been killed in the area including Zimbabwean national Elvis Nyathi who was stoned and set alight by a mob last week accusing him of being in the country illegally. KAAX’s spokesperson Sharon Ekambaran says, “No human being is illegal. Actually, they are undocumented. Let’s get the terminology correct because it is important, especially in our country where there is still xenophobia. People are undocumented or their documentation is irregular.”

“You have permanent residents in our country, contract miners, tourists, refugees, asylum seekers. That is what dignity is about, when you don’t lump everyone as migrants and it becomes a negative connotation to what is a global phenomenon of movement of human beings,” adds Ekambaran.

“What I’ve been told is that as much as we’re decanting and trying to de-densify, the shacks don’t get demolished and that some members of those families remain behind, and only certain members go to the new units that we handover. So, it’s not really solving the problem. That is something that we really need to look into because with the current density of the area, crime will be prevalent, and it will be very difficult to control it,” said Phalatse.

 

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I do agree with all,so let's invite those who are left behind to come join the rest 👋

Illegal immigrants is illegal so this kopano don don they are desperate to be famous. They reason and think like grade2 learner.

Obviously they will day that to suit their script

Not all 'All South Africans' are buy having fun

That's an attempt to render our immigration laws non existent, this is wrong coming from u. That is when u think u have a right like undocumented South Africans, u don't.

Only in SA because in other African countries they do:

Makwerekwere a go nkga mahwafa

True, they are grigambas

I certainly don't care what they believe in. Bottom line is that they must go

But that is the treatment that we get when outside our country, let's not speak impractical things here, there is land without borders and even biblical, there were borders,

Fotsek

KAKS

South Africa is a sovereign state with borders . If you come in without required documentation english calls you an illegal immigrant ,

Any human being invade🇿🇦🇿🇼🇺🇬🇺🇸🇬🇧🇹🇿👉🏻Illegal Immigrant period

Illegal immigrants Kopanong something something don't want to be referred to Illegal immigrants. Comedy shows🤣

That KAAK thing must first exist in Zimbabwe and Nigeria followed by the rest of African state then SA will be the last

They live in a make-believe world.....

They are out of order these mamparas, SA did not invent the term.

Voetsek kopanong Africa yamasimba

🤣🤣sebesuth omdeed Let them go home to fight for their rights there

All these groups whether for or against illegal immigrants are occupying a vaccum created by absence of leadership. How did we get to this? It’s because if leadership, when the center does not hold, this is what happens. Sadly someone will benefit from this BOB violence 🥲

I believe they should go to ZIMBABWE 🇿🇼 OR BOTSWANA 🇧🇼 AND LESOTHO 🇱🇸 WITHOUT DOCUMENTATION and hear what will they be called.

“Illegal immigration to South Africa refers to migration of foreign nationals to South Africa without the authorisation of the South African authorities” .false narrative is pitting S Africans against foreign nationals. If there’s no illegal immigrants then why others are legal?

He must not wear a chief's t-shirt when going to stupid activities

These are the people who will apply for visas in order to enter countries requiring visas and be subjected to interviews. This to be in such countries legally. You cross into any country without being processed and registered, you cross illegally hence illegal immigrants.

PutSouthAfricanFirst Malema SABCnews

Why only in South Africa Lol hayikhona bafethu, nah..

Does this thing 'Kopanang Africa Against Xenophobia' only exist in South Africa ?

In their own country not here

Yho....SA us doomed. Illegal immigration is bir a question of politicking or grand standing,it might not affect rich and elite in Sandton etc but it affects the people living in black locations and negatively so

Salute to this sober South Africans .

They don't even have a right to vote

Kaax is Kaak

They want eat your resources until depleted and then they go home leaving us with their shit, they when we go to their countries they implement laws that will chase us, they think we stupid

Big up to those refusing to pay TV licences it would have been a wast of money 💰.

They must go to the nearest hell were there is no rule of law we will implement the law of the country that's nonsense where in world you can just live without law that's craziness foreigners wil go by force VoetsekSAmedia OperationDudula

They are high on horse urine...

JayJayN17 Immigrants get into these high positions, then they want to change the rules. An illegal immigrant is an ILLEGAL immigrant! We will not bend our rules for Africans who never loved us. If they really did, why would they want to invade us and control us like this? This is not love!

Please don't confuse the 2 , an illegal alien is what it is they do have human rights. But they need to apply for refugee status to qualify and be protected in my opinion.

illegal immigrant is illegal immigrant whether they like it or not!! They can go to hell.

Illegal aliens it is then

Nonsense

They can believe whatever they want but herein South Africa they are foreigners illegal foreigners and their time is up. They must prepare their speeches for Zimbabweans in Zimbabwe

Bayanya

Badakiwe. Any immigrant without proper documents is illegal.

Oksalayo they are illegal immigrants.

They are illegal aliens

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT is not an invalid term... It is there to make sure the local law abiding citizens comes first. What is wrong is SA's violent and unhospitable behavior towards foreigners and this inspired by the history of the ANC (the necklace burn)... REMOVE THE ANC & EFF...

Why dont u keep a few in your house pla!

Haak

Tell them to go do that in Africa this is our soil,

We are labeling them just as would not mind being labeled outside

I,ll send them invitation card's to come in KZN...

SA we have weak leaders hey How do we even allow such in a country

They can go start their own country somewhere far away from S.Afric, then they can call everyone to go live there.

Clearly we don't have a government in our country, amanyala wani le KAAK? VoetsekANC OperationDudula PutSouthAfricanFirst

In South Africa we do have border jumpers those that disrespect the laws n the constitution of the republic 🙊 those are illegal immigrants they will be deported 🤞🤞🤞

Wonder if this group has ever lived in townships. They are from so-called affluent areas. Beware crime is coming to your areas now. You support lawlessness. Being in a country illegally is a crime

JayJayN17 Illegal is illegal. What if I kill someone, am I not then a murderer? These people need to take several thousand seats at the back and just shut up.

Bayasidakela laba.

This 1s are just confused ...anyway its there right to say what they want...but it doesnt help people of SAns they probably not part of fellow SAns cause clearly they dont know what SAs are facing daily...entlek futsek

Listen and learn

KopanangAfrica fokof your databasr is illegal migrants illegal the is nothing you can do about it

In case no one who kills people should be called a murderor or criminal.

PumPum_Radebe Okay, I’ll never call them illegal immigrants but illegal aliens

PumPum_Radebe The only solution is to stop being illegal immigrants.

just to be honest u will irritated us u should take those people to your high walls KopanangAfrica , first of all I should goggles the word xenophobia first

Crazy

Section 38 of the immigration act and the Constitution full stop. They must take their believes to their shithole countries

I khuluma doti babizwe ngani ?

I also agree. We should adopt the world wide phenomenon of calling illegal imigrants ALIENS then they will know we’re serious

I agree..they should labelled aliens

They have smoked horse dung

I agree, they're actually illegal foreigners/aliens not illegal migrants.

Tsek illegal immigrants are illegal immigrants if they don't have official papers. Habe imihlola le

The results of unknown immigrants we carry passport id wherever we visits other countries as well ipleadgemyidocument 🇿🇦🙌🙌

They should change from KAAX to KAAK because that's Kak what they are saying and what you are reporting, infact marete a lona le a that Kopanong ya masepa

There are too many rights in South Africa that even foreigners forget that they are immigrants not citizens

We also believe people should stay in their bloody country's u know

These people don’t get tired in provoking us

Futsek

No kopanong or any Npo organization formed 2 destroy or erase what is written in the constitution of RSA the book clearly state what a SAn means &what a foreigner national is by the same way u r treated when on African countries SA should never be exception PutSouthAfricansfirst

Kopanong yamasimba.

Why are South African being provoked kangaka mara ?

KAAK has an interesting take. So if U get into the country illegally we shud all pretend that U are not here illegally? Doesnt this mean that SA shouldn't have any borders so that anyone can just walk in to be documented? How truly stupid do these people think South Africans are?

They must go preach that nonsense in Europe & Asia. All their spokespeople are not of African descent. They closed businesses & sent their African slaves to march the other day. I thought they say our xenophobia is afrophobic in nature.

We have always said that this organisation is against the implementation of South African laws that protect South Africans. Next thing they will be asking for discrimination against black South Africans to be made legal & have the SA gvt reserve jobs for illegal immigrants.

Drugs

Hong, no problem don't cry when we deal with them in our communities. SABC communities are tired, we are refusing to live with illegal untraceable immigrants.

In a banana country they'll say that nonsense,for as long as we have a constitution they'll be strong,illegal immigrant is an illegal immigrant,bloody aliens.

I have full tank ,I will drive from Makhado to Gwanda in Zimbabwe, I just hope no body will ask me a passport. ProfJNMoyo .

Their countries are free from colonizers and they have the land. Can't they just go back please?

Good luck to them coz badakiwe straight. Next time give them our constitution and nani should stop reporting nonsense.

Don't involve us in their moment of madness!

Heh🤦‍♀️

Foreigners MUST go. SABC is busy employing foreigners. South Africa for South Africans. SA media is captured. Come 2024 we will close SABC,403 and 405. You will go with ANC.

What does illegal immigrant mean?

These people are reaching now

This group is constitute of illegal immigrants! They must fotsek

Unless Africa respects its self and it’s people the western World will never respect us,we will always be considered as second class because we have no respect for ourselves

KopanangAfrica must not just talk....they need to mobilize all the countries of the world. Until they show us their program to free the world of this border issue, they remain selfish and have a short term focus. Meaning they are gas lighting South Africans only.

Chatting to someone close to us today who has a Zimbabwean maid. She previously had a 5yr permit that expired. This last week she told how the 2 million Zimbabweans have decided they will burn SA if they are told to go home. Her child lives in Zim but she claims SASSA every month

Lol, they want this to only apply in SA🚮 they think we are clowns!

Most south African they don't know what to do

Kopanong leader is mad

They should start in their countries before telling South Africans what to do with our country. Can they transport drugs to Singapore and tell them no human being should be labeled a drug dealer? They'd learn the hard way that other countries don't tolerate sh*t.

Believing it or not doesn't change the rule of law. Go home

SA is under attack

I support the MARCH MaAFRIKA💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾

Kopanong FM stay quite shem. Lehurutshe is one part of South Africa that the government its self have abondoned. At some point u had it all n now u have nothing. The whole town is occupied the Indians n Chinese u salute them. U want to fight xenophobic attacks. Laatsenwa

These things should be stopped marching again in this country

U think u can wake up n go to Zimbabwe n just stay there or open a hair salon at a bus stop like they do here? Le bua nnoto lona wen u open ur mouths. This is our country we want it back foreigners must go , is high time.

They must go and preach that nonsence in Malawi or Zimbabwe, here in SA we have laws that must be followed.

Kopanong FM apply brakes.. U guys r in Lehurutshe u go to Gauteng or Rustenburg by a visit spend few hrs n go back u have know idea wat these guys r doing in the country. The disrespect n rotten attitude they have towards us South Africans. Emanyana Kopanong, ema 🙋‍♀️

Although I agree tgat no human should be viewed as a illegal immigrant.... they are keeping our country from moving forward. Our country is not taken seriously and people think its the place to escape to. Those people might be fugitives from their countries.

BantuAscendancy 😂😂😂😂🤡🤡🤡🤡 To hell with them

These guys are lunatics. What nonsense is that?

Kopanong African itself is an illegal movement. Zimbabwen movement.

Tell them to go to hell. Our laws says they are illegal immigrants and we as citizens will make sure they know they are illegal immigrants. Illegal immigration is a crime and our people shouldn’t be forced to live with criminals.

Then give it another name but it will still remain the same. This is the hight of stupidity

Let them go mobilize UN to denounce borders across the world - but please they mustn’t say SANS did this - a Ra Ba roma 😏

Why not? It's Criminal to be a ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT..why is Rsa always so Soft/ YellowBelly on Crime Always sitting on Fence & too scared to upset anyone. No Morals & Values ie crime,immigration, Russia ffs MAN UP RSA

Illigal and lligal immigrants words are in constitution.

When people say illegal immigrant, they are not referring to people as being illegal. They are referring to the manner in which a particular person migrated to onother country as being illegal

M not suprised most of this kaak or sorry kaax members must be robbers, rapists, drug addicts, pure criminals.... Just a bunch of kaak

Denialism by these people, illegal immigrant are plenty and they commit lots of crime

They can go to hell we warn them for last time

Wait up until one of the so called leaders gets roughed up by an illegal immigrant they will change their tune

SABC IS PUSHING WHAT THEIR MASTERS TOLD THEM TO DO GO AND VISIT THOSE COUNTRIES WHERE THIS PEOLE COMES FROM YOULL C WHAT THEY ARE DOING IF YOU ARE A FOREIGNER

Kak

Kopanong africa or wat in South Africa we have laws n if u not respecting them coming here illegally u will meet us the citizens the owners of the constitution n we will treat you as such as illegal immigrants

KopanangAfrica as South Africans we don't believe there should be people going to other countries illegally. Respect our laws or stay in your countries and stop annoying us

Ma kom vir🤔

That's nonsense

BantuAscendancy

BantuAscendancy So called African bro's & sis' say this whilst calling local women whores & men lazy in public, how good they'll feel if deported for having ransacked SA, how crap SA is, that their countries r de best. Yt ppl r behind Dudula, but these foreigners need to be good guests

Everyone is equal before the law

Yall can blame foreigners all u wnat but it's not them. The Anc is 2 blame for this mess ya do foreigners, jobs, crime & influx of foreigners in hospitals, schools etc Vote and vote against the Anc.. Disempower them at least 200 sits is a lot, disempower them simple 💁🏽‍♂️

Lot of illegal immigrants have been arrested, do they need a reason why ?

That's why your acronym is KAAX. It's because you speak many Kaks.

Why ba kopanela mo vele🤔

You are dreaming not in the age

If they stay in their own countries, not at all!😏

Ag kaax man!

Don't really care what they believe, what is the law?

Yeah right back in the Stone Ages..

Are they still around? O thought they were a rent a crowd entity

Can you go to Zim now and just get there without documents and do as you wish?

Sadly other african countries insist on documentation , but in a banana republic like ours people can do whatever they like.

Theirs is just to fuel tensions.. Who funds them? 🤔🤔

How many foreign people working in the SABC and denying South African Citizens of those jobs

Batho baferehla ntwa

Here is your answer 👇🏼

In a utopian world, maybe yes, but not in this world we live in. And besides, if such an initiative can be done then all countries should participate. It can't only be practiced in South Africa. That's a recipe for disaster.

They are drunk.... Their beliefs go against our constitution... They are a rebel group

This kopanong Africa will fuel tensions between the immigrants and ZA citizens.

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