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After an article read by a million readers bringing forward the cruelty of Dudula, a Nazi group masquerading as rights activists, Mr RSM, a South African lawyer, responded to Dr MASIMBA Mavaza’s article.

In a whatsApp message he wrote:

Good morning, Mukoma.

Well chronicled is your article. But it is hardly balanced. It represents the turning point, the reversal point, the end of the swinging pendulum. And everything at the furthest points of the pendulum on either end earns all of the epithets that u have conjured up and more.The experience of that lady is horrendous and beyond barbaric, to say the least. Nobody deserves such in any society with a semblance of morality. Yet, here we are. The question to ask is, how does a society get to this level of demonic depravity? Your answer to this vexing question will represent the counterpoint to the one extreme that you have clearly depicted….This is the end where South Africa contends with a health care system that turns South Africans away from its services because 90% of the facilities are utilized by foreigners who come with cash, ready to and do in fact bribe the personnel so they can be placed ahead of the queue of South Africans who do not have the option to find alternative services. South Africans complain that in a generally crime-ridden South Africa, marked by muggings and brutal hijackings, Zimbabweans, in particular, have defined themselves and pushed the calibration to the furthest point of the scale by lacing their criminality with senseless and unwarranted murders of the victims of their crime, which is most callous and spiteful in its execution. A South African opts to be mugged even by a Mozambican, even with the knowledge that beyond their mugging and the indignity such evokes, at least their lives will be spared. Not Zimbabweans; they will callously unalive you and piss on ur corpse first before they saunter off to the next target.Data has been gathered of Zimbabweans, in particular, hopping from one public medical facility to the next, collecting critical and life-saving medication and denying everybody else the same medication just so that they can ferry it across Beitbridge to either sell for profit or give to their own and save their lives. All while the ordinary South African is met with the standard line that there is no medication for their varying chronic ailments.The clip of President Mugabe conducting an interview with a foreign journalist and reporting that Zimbabwe would not support the ANC and its liberation effort, and that Zimbabwe owes no duty to support the cause to dismantle apartheid, is making a new and forceful comeback on social media. And the question is, why should South Africa break her back accommodating such a disdainful lot that avowedly refused to aid her in her hour of need?I guess the grassroots are saying, when will the euphemistically non-descript and nameless South Africans ever get to be prioritized in their country and country of birth? They were insignificant under colonial apartheid and remain such even in a democratic dispensation that they imagined would elevate them and restore their humanity. They are overlooked, even to the extent that foreign elements (the makwerekwere) are placed ahead of them, even on basic socio-economic services. And this overtaking is even by the likes of me, who went away and got a decent education in neighboring Swaziland. Perspective and counter-perspective, Shamwari. Besides the thin-veiled support of the evil Dudula and the complacency of the South African government, this lawyer fails to understand the role played by Zimbabwe in fighting apartheid. The misinterpreted video of our dear President Robert Mugabe has to be taken in the right context. Zimbabwe never stopped supporting ANC. We lost many people, Zimbabweans fighting for South Africa. Zimbabwe played a significant role in the fight against apartheid in South Africa. Sadly, South Africans chose to be vindictive against the Zimbabweans. Here are some key aspects of Zimbabwe’s involvement in South Africa’s freedom. Zimbabwe gave unwavering Support for ANC. Zimbabwe hosted and supported the ANC. After gaining independence in 1980, Zimbabwe provided support to the African National Congress (ANC), a key anti-apartheid movement led by figures like Nelson Mandela and Oliver Tambo. Even though we were just a young nation, we provided Military Cooperation. Zimbabwe had interactions with Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the armed wing of the ANC, reflecting cooperation in the struggle against apartheid. Zimbabwe gave Diplomatic Backing to the ANC. Zimbabwe, under Robert Mugabe’s leadership, vocally opposed apartheid and supported international efforts to isolate the apartheid regime. Frontline States’ Involvement was possible because of Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe was part of the Frontline States, a coalition of Southern African countries (including Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia) that supported liberation movements and opposed apartheid. Zimbabwe led the Regional Coordination. The Frontline States coordinated efforts to pressure South Africa economically and politically and provided support to anti-apartheid movements like the ANC.The late President Cde Robert Mugabe and Oliver Tambo were in close contact. There were interactions between Zimbabwe’s leadership (like Mugabe) and ANC leaders (like Tambo), reflecting solidarity in their struggles against white minority rule and apartheid. Zimbabwe’s independence in 1980 was seen as part of broader regional dynamics impacting the struggle against apartheid in South Africa. The support from countries like Zimbabwe was part of a broader international movement opposing apartheid, which included economic sanctions, diplomatic isolation, and internal resistance within South Africa, leading to apartheid’s eventual dismantling in the early 1990s It is therefore thoughtless of any South African to undermine the sacrifices made by Zimbabwe in the fight against apartheid. Being that as it may, the refusal to assist a woman giving birth and taking photos while she screamed in pain was demonic. Sadly, we have people in South Africa who believe that the actions of Dudula are justified. The South African government must control these vampires.

Ronald SM