Shops shut as Operation Dudula comes to Springs
Operational Dudula wants to rid Springs CBD of illegal immigrants
Operation Dudula Kwatsaduza branch members walked through the streets of Springs CBD on Thursday.
“We are here to make the public aware that we are alive and vigilant.
“We want to take back the town from illegal immigrants.
“We want illegal shop owners and employees to know that we are coming for them,” explained Reginald Msibi, the regional chairperson.
When asked how the organisation knows which shop owners are illegal and which are not, Msibi said they work with law enforcement.
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“We are not vigilantes!” he said.
Many shop owners chose to close their doors as the group marched through the town.
“I don’t trust them. I think that some of them would steal from us, even if we can prove that we are not here illegally,” said a salon owner who admitted that he was not born in the country.
He will not be named for fear of victimisation.
Msibi said people’s mentality about Operation Dudula is flawed.
“If you are not guilty, then you have nothing to be afraid of,” he added.
Msibi explained that when the organisation is ready to uproot those believed to be dragging the town through the mud, they will come with officials from the Department of Home Affairs.
“We will verify their identities and find out who is undocumented,” he said.
Msibi said Operation Dudula has many programmes in the pipeline.
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