Operation Dudula moves to Pretoria
Members of the movement submitted memorandums to several companies in the city.
The anti-illegal immigrants’ movement known as Operation Dudula has come to Pretoria to demand that companies employ South Africans instead of foreign nationals.
A group of protesters from the movement marched through the streets of the industrial area of Rosslyn under the banner “Put South Africans first” on Tuesday morning, where they visited various manufacturing firms to table their demands.
The group, which organises communities against foreign nationals, non-compliant businesses and drug dealers, gained prominence earlier this month when violent clashes between South Africans and foreign nationals broke out in the Alexandra township.
Protesters of the movement in Pretoria submitted a memorandum to the Praga Company which manufactures car parts for BMW and Ford, as well as trailer making company, Afrit.
“Our little brothers and sisters are not working,” said Victor Tabane Hlakodi, one of the co-ordinators of the march.
“We want to make sure that the companies hire South Africans first. We are the beneficiaries of our country and we must benefit from it,” he said.
The demands and expectations stated in the memorandum included that the companies should put South Africans, especially young people, first when it came to employment.
They demanded that low-earning jobs be reserved for South Africans and called out companies against hiring undocumented foreign nationals.
“We are giving you 14 days to implement and comply with the notice,” the memorandum read.
“Failure to do so, we will have to rope in the relevant law enforcement agencies or departments and/or home affairs immigration.”
Hlakodi said he believed that the submission of the memorandum would bring about change.
“I have 800 employees and only eight are legal foreign nationals,” she said.
“However, I am going to respond to the memorandum and give the evidence to that.”
“We will have a look at the memorandum and we will discuss it with the board executives and we’ll get back to you.”
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