Black-on-black persecution: An Operation Dudula demonstration in the Eastern Cape. Photo: Operation Dudula
As the continent celebrated 63 years of the African Union, with spectacular speeches from various leaders, the clarion call of the day centred on Africa’s unity, solidarity and integration in the age of globalisation.
At the backdrop of the calls is a continent divided along national lines, geopolitical intrigues, foreign ideologies, race and ethnicities. For instance, in Nigeria there are divisions between Muslims and Christians, while in South Sudan there is civil unrest between the Nuer and Dinka tribes.
However, the most disappointing and shocking divisions are in South Africa, where citizens are up in arms against fellow Africans in a black-on-black persecution, often referred to as Afrophobia.
Since the beginning of the year, anti-immigration activists Nhlanhla Lux, Zandile Dabula, Phakel’umthakathi and Jacinta Ngobese, under Operation Dudula, led demonstrations, patrolling business centres and residences in KwaZulu-Natal, the Eastern Cape, Johannesburg and Soweto, seeking to expel foreigners by 30 June 2026.
