Attack, Destroy All South African Businesses in Zimbabwe – ZINASU President
18 April 2015
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News24|Zimbabwe National Students Union (Zinasu) president Gilbert Mutubuki has called on Zimbabwean youths to retaliate against xenophobic violence in South Africa by attacking South African businesses operating in Zimbabwe.
Zinasu is Zimbabwe’s largest students body which represents thousands of students at all universities and colleges across the country.
At least five people have been killed – including a teenager – and 46 people have been arrested since the violence flared in Isipingo, outside Durban on Friday in South Africa. Around 7 000 people of different nationalities are living in tents provided by the provincial government for those displaced by the violence.
Addressing journalists in Harare after an anti-xenophobia demonstration organised by Zimbabwe civic society groups at the South African Embassy, Mutubuki said it was high time the country’s youths retaliated by attacking South African businesses operating in Zimbabwe such as Pick n Pay and others.
“Right now we have South African businesses such as Pick n Pay operating freely here, but our brothers are being butchered in South Africa. Today in the morning, South African students at the University of Zimbabwe were having breakfast freely in the dining hall, but our sisters and brothers are getting killed. It’s high time we should do the same to all South African businesses here until they stop all this nonsense,” said an angry Mutubuki.
South Africa is home to all
Mutubuki’s call came after over 300 Zimbabwe human rights and civic society activists demonstrated at the South African embassy located in the Belgravia area in Harare this morning.
The protesters were denouncing King Goodwill Zwelithini and President Jacob Zuma son Edward, accusing the two of sparking the xenophobic violence in South Africa. There were also waving placards inscribed with messages like “South Africa is not island and should stop this nonsense” and “Stop it, South Africa”, “Africa is home to all” among others.
The demonstrators also handed over a petition to South African Embassy officials.
The protesters were later dispersed by heavily armed Zimbabwe police.
Some of the South African business operating in Zimbabwe include Pick n Pay, Edgars and Standard Bank among others.
South Africa, with a population of about 50 million, is home to an estimated five million immigrants. Over one million Zimbabweans are believed to be living in South Africa as economic or political refugees.

17 Replies to “Attack, Destroy All South African Businesses in Zimbabwe – ZINASU President”

  1. This guys should be on a special grade of weed to be saying such things. Let him demonstrate first. so that we know he is serious. its one thing to be shouting at the top of your voice and doing something? two totally different things.

  2. This guys should be on a special grade of weed to be saying such things. Let him demonstrate first. so that we know he is serious. its one thing to be shouting at the top of your voice and doing something? two totally different things.

  3. Foolish Mutubuki if they destroy then will u give them what the SA companies are offering???? Then more suffering and shortages in Zimbabwe. Thats not the way to solve the problem. Yu think like a two year old boy. Shame on u, you want to start violence in Zimbabwe!!!!!!

  4. Foolish Mutubuki if they destroy then will u give them what the SA companies are offering???? Then more suffering and shortages in Zimbabwe. Thats not the way to solve the problem. Yu think like a two year old boy. Shame on u, you want to start violence in Zimbabwe!!!!!!

  5. Foolish Mutubuki if they destroy then will u give them what the SA companies are offering???? Then more suffering and shortages in Zimbabwe. Thats not the way to solve the problem. Yu think like a two year old boy. Shame on u, you want to start violence in Zimbabwe!!!!!!

  6. You fail to organize students to strike against critical issues such as the decapitating standards of the economy, employment and individual rights and freedoms yet the only thing you can do is encourage a savage retaliation against our brothers and you call yourself an intellectual. does it not occur to you that there are Zimbabweans being employed by those companies such as pick and pay and if they loose their jobs there is no hope of them obtaining any other form of employment??? Seriously how did you come to be the president

  7. You fail to organize students to strike against critical issues such as the decapitating standards of the economy, employment and individual rights and freedoms yet the only thing you can do is encourage a savage retaliation against our brothers and you call yourself an intellectual. does it not occur to you that there are Zimbabweans being employed by those companies such as pick and pay and if they loose their jobs there is no hope of them obtaining any other form of employment??? Seriously how did you come to be the president

  8. You fail to organize students to strike against critical issues such as the decapitating standards of the economy, employment and individual rights and freedoms yet the only thing you can do is encourage a savage retaliation against our brothers and you call yourself an intellectual. does it not occur to you that there are Zimbabweans being employed by those companies such as pick and pay and if they loose their jobs there is no hope of them obtaining any other form of employment??? Seriously how did you come to be the president

  9. What stupidity there’s only south African and Chinese companies in zims if t u close them down then zim shuts down too because people like u are standing on street corners like fans at a soccer game who’s team is losing and blaming the ref get in there and play in stead of being the manager with a big mouth and useless players

  10. What stupidity there’s only south African and Chinese companies in zims if t u close them down then zim shuts down too because people like u are standing on street corners like fans at a soccer game who’s team is losing and blaming the ref get in there and play in stead of being the manager with a big mouth and useless players

  11. What stupidity there’s only south African and Chinese companies in zims if t u close them down then zim shuts down too because people like u are standing on street corners like fans at a soccer game who’s team is losing and blaming the ref get in there and play in stead of being the manager with a big mouth and useless players

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