Johannesburg mayor at it again

ZIMBABWEANS based in South Africa have applauded the move by Johannesburg residents to flush out all known drug dealers and human traffickers from their community, but blasted Johannesburg mayor, Herman Mashaba, for trying to use the incident to incite public anger against foreigners.

Ian Beddowes, leader of the Zimbabwe Communist League, said as communists, they were in full support of “the most ruthless forms of action against drug dealers and human traffickers, as these are people involved in destroying the very fabric of society”.

“We would like to remind people that in socialist-oriented countries like Cuba and China, such people, regardless of their position in society, receive the death penalty,” he said.

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