Scores of protesters called for illegal migrants to leave the country, marching in the Johannesburg CBD on June 30.
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has strongly rejected allegations by ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula that the party organised door-to-door campaigns targeting foreign nationals, accusing him of spreading falsehoods and attempting to criminalise the party through "manufactured propaganda."
The party’s elections spokesperson, Thembi Msane, said they viewed Mbalula's remarks with "serious concern" after he alleged that the party had participated in anti-immigrant vigilantism by going door-to-door demanding that foreign nationals leave South Africa.
"The EFF has never organised, endorsed or participated in door-to-door campaigns to intimidate, threaten or forcibly remove foreign nationals from their homes," Msane said.
She argued that such conduct would be fundamentally incompatible with its long-standing Pan-Africanist principles and commitment to African unity.
