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Dudula: Fighting for South Africa or fighting Africans?

September 25, 2025

Once a grassroots movement, Operation Dudula is now a political party on the rise in South Africa — promising to “fish out undocumented migrants.” But their reality is raids on migrant shops, hospital blockades, and violence that shock the continent. In Nelson Mandela’s rainbow nation of unity, is Operation Dudula defending South Africans — or fueling a dangerous divide among Africans?

https://p.dw.com/p/514Cs
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