11/09/2025
Economic Freedom Fighters president Julius Sello Malema has condemned the attacks on foreign nationals by Operation Dudula, an anti-immigrant group that has removed sick foreign nationals from hospital queues.
On his X account, Malema tweeted that the people behind the movement should be cuulled.
"Operation Dudula is a group of thugs and must be subjected to the Political ki¡¡ing Task Team. Period!," he said.
Malema is not the only one who is unhappy about the conduct of Dudula.
On 12 August 2025, The DA wrote to the Acting Minister of Police, Prof Firoz Cachalia, requesting that the South African Police Service (SAPS) deploys public order policing to uphold the rule of law and protect individuals’ constitutional rights to access to healthcare properties where Operarion Dudula is blocking access.
On the same date, the Chairperson of the Select Committee on Education, Sciences and the Creative Industries, in the Souh African Parliament, Mr Makhi Feni, has condemned with the utmost contempt the actions of Operation Dudula.
Operation Dudula had been on a crusade over the last couple of months to disrupt services at many healthcare centres by refusing entry to foreign nationals.
The organisation announced last week that similar disruptions will target schools when they open in 2026.
“Operation Dudula’s actions have a potential to misrepresent our country and our democracy. South Africa is a country of law and order and these should be strictly adhered to,” said Mr Feni.
He added: “The actions of Operation Dudula are objectionable and are an unnecessary distraction to the work government is doing around immigration challenges. People do not just come to South Africa out of free will but for refuge and from hunger.”
