Podcast and Chill co-host MacGyver Mukwevho ignited a significant conversation regarding the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)’s immigration policies.
The topic of illegal immigration has been a hot discussion point both online and offline, with broadcasters Ngizwe Mchunu and Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma leading marches in Durban and Johannesburg.
Several well-known figures, including media personality Unathi Nkayi, actor Siv Ngesi, and producer/DJ Oscar Mbo have shared their insights on this important issue.
MacG contributed to the discussion during the Podcast and Chill episode that aired on Monday, focusing on the EFF’s position on migration.
MacG reads the EFF manifesto on Podcast and Chill
X (Twitter) user @BafanaSurprise posted a clip of MacG discussing the EFF manifesto.
“This is the first line, bro. The EFF will take up all struggles of all immigrants (most of whom are economic migrants and asylum seekers in South Africa), whether they are in the country legally or illegally,” MacG read.
MacG expressed criticism towards the EFF’s immigration approach.
“That’s what it says in the manifesto. I kid you not, bro. That is wild, man. The EFF has never gotten it right with this immigration thing,” MacG said.
Watch the video below:
SA reacts to EFF’s immigration stance after MacG reads manifesto
The video gained attention on social media, prompting users to engage in the discussion. Some shared manifestos from other parties while others debated MacG’s views on the EFF’s position.
Here are some of the comments:
@MusicPulse6029 claimed:
“But that’s in line with our constitution, it basically has a sentence that says, ‘South Africa belongs to all who live in it.’ And also, in many sections, it refers to everyone in the Republic. Not citizens. What is shocking now?”
@PenuelMatlala asked:
“One word (Ubuntu) sums up the clause. When has Ubuntu ever been a crime?”
@AshantiBabes80 suggested:
“All political manifestos should be written or made available in all 11 languages.”
@Declarationb4 said:
“The problem with you is that you don’t read, so you are telling us of something we already know. I mean, the EFF was always clear when coming to this position.”
Source: Instagram
Ntsiki Mazwai weighs in on anti-illegal immigration protests
In related developments, poet and activist Ntsiki Mazwai commented on the anti-illegal immigration protests.
Mazwai responded to an X user who accused South Africans of xenophobia.
She asserted that the issue isn’t xenophobia but afrophobia, specifically highlighting the targeting of a particular group of foreign nationals. Ntsiki Mazwai’s post read:
“They are AFROPHOBIC. Xenophobia includes other races. South Africans only have a hatred for those who look like them. This is AFROPHOBIA / AFROHATE.”
