The Palestine Solidarity Alliance warns that political parties are exploiting xenophobia for electoral gain ahead of local government elections, urging a focus on real socio-economic issues instead.
The Palestine Solidarity Alliance (PSA) has accused political parties and anti-immigrant groups of "weaponising xenophobia" for electoral gain ahead of the upcoming local government elections.
In a recent statement, the alliance condemned recent protests by Operation Dudula and the March and March movement, warning that politicians are playing with fire by using vulnerable foreign nationals as election tools. The local government elections will be held in November.
Amid the anti-immigrant protests, scores of foreign nationals have claimed they are being threatened in their homes in informal settlements and other areas and have been forced to flee. Thousands of Malawian nationals have gathered at the Sherwood hall in Durban demanding to be sent home.
The civil society organisation argued that the political focus on securing borders is a deliberate tactic to distract voters from the country's severe socio-economic crisis.
