MEC for Transport and Community Safety, Xolile Nqatha, has noted with concern the voice notes circulating on social media by certain community members and organisations alleging that foreign nationals are involved in food poisoning incidents in the province.
MEC Nqatha wants to assure the citizens of this province that no food poisoning incidents have been reported so far and encourages anyone with information to report it to law enforcement agencies.
MEC Nqatha said, “The spread of falsehoods and misinformation is alarming, and we urge anyone with relevant information to come forward as this is likelyå to cause panic and chaos in our communities.”
The MEC is confident that members of the JCPS cluster are working diligently to tackle undocumented or illegal immigration.
“We cannot allow communities and organisations to take the law into their own hands or target innocent people based on nationality, ethnicity, or language. South Africa remains a constitutional democracy founded on human dignity, equality, and the rule of law.
MEC Nqatha adds: “As government, we are the first ones to admit that unemployment and poverty affecting citizens is an attack on our people’s dignity but cannot be used to criminalise people as a group based on their nationality. We are committed to transforming our economy to make it work for the majority but equally committed to deal with criminal networks both undocumented nationals and anyone in the country who breaks the laws of the republic or harm citizens. Africans turning against Africans cannot be a solution as the current conditions of people in African requires a united continent more than ever before.”
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