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A Zimbabwean woman went viral online after sharing a heartfelt message of thanks to South Africa for the decades it spent hosting millions of foreign nationals, both documented and undocumented.

TikToker @swinky04 shared the video on 7 July 2027, and it quickly struck a chord across the continent.

"But honestly speaking, sometimes we must be thankful. South Africa has been good to us all as foreigners, both legal and illegal. It's not easy to carry that heavy population of illegal immigrants. Let's be grateful and thankful for the decades that is it has carried us all. We have been working, receiving our wages, salaries. Let's be also grateful when they strike. Let us not blame them. Sometimes they want also what's good for them. So, on behalf of foreigners, I'm saying we are grateful for the decades that you have carried us. The population is too much now; it's over. Like I don't, I, I don't know how can I put it, but it's too much. I think the shoulders are heavy. The population is too much now. So, guys, if you are here illegally. Don't wait to be chased away. Go home and make your papers right. Like everything will be fair enough to everyone. Thank you. But honestly speaking, sometimes we must be thankful. South Africa has been good to us all."

Kobojunkie:
So, South Africans are, in your assessment, unable to source these goods for themselves? Did you know that there are black South Africans in pretty much all countries of the West and beyond? Yes, there are black South Africans in China, in South America, and also in the Middle East.

The more I read posts by Nigerians, the more I get the sense that many of you think all black South Africans are helpless creatures who need your help in fending for themselves and enjoying freedom in their own country and elsewhere. Where does this mentality really come from?

All these people talking down on black South Africans were attracted to + live in black SA areas - far more developed than their home countries, that's why they don't wanna return even if you held a gun to their heads.

So, to say and believe black SA will be nothing without African migrants is wishful thinking. Africans are actually the ones jealous of black South Africans.

franvincoop:
@Randdigital

Was Adams ferking his grandma? cuz I don't understand how he missed his grandma cookie so much that he had to follow her to Valhalla in less than a month. Or is there something you have not told us.

Or did he OD?
But now that Nigerians have gone berk to der kontri, who is now selling the drugs he OD'ed with? Indians?

franvin- poop, we showed you guys compassion when your Bolt driver was killed in SA. I shall deal with una tomorrow once my tears have dried.

Thanks to all Nairalanders who grieve with us today🙏🏾

Solsix:
What are we supposed don with this info?

Get inspired. One day you won't pass your neighbor no more 🤧🤧🤧

He's soiling himself. If you take out my supreme leader, isn't there an expectation I'll wish to take out yours as well? US and Israel 🚮🗑️🗑️🗑️

The CEO of Eskom (South Africa's state-owned power supplier) Dan Marokane, earned 11.7 million rands ($747K) in the 2025/26 financial year - about 242% more than the yearly remuneration package of the country's President which is R3.4m ($206K).

Marokane makes a basic salary of R9 million, while President Cyril Ramaphosa was recently granted a 3.8% salary increase to just under R3.5 million.

In addition to the annual salary, a South African president receives several benefits for holding the position.

Despite being in serious financial distress, South Africa’s state-owned power utility, Eskom, increased its chief executive’s salary by nearly R5 million in the 2025 financial year.

Eskom also increased its staff’s annual salaries by an average of R167,000, the largest nominal increase in the utility’s history.

The utility also increased its employee count from 40,625 to 42,030 during the financial year, even as the company sought to cut costs across its operations.

This increase in staffing and annual remuneration led to a jump in Eskom’s total employee costs by R8.3 billion over the year, from R37.1 billion to R45.4 billion.

While load-shedding has effectively ceased under Marokane, the utility has also consistently implemented above-inflation price increases for customers.

In late June, a draft report from the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) found that people were experiencing electricity tariff increases well above the approved average of 12.74%.

The Competition Commission reported in April that South African households were spending 86% more on electricity than they did six years ago.

“The persistence of these increases reflects deeper structural challenges within the utility sector,” the Commission wrote.

Challenges include “ageing infrastructure, high debt burdens, operational inefficiencies, and the need for ongoing capital investment.”

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ActionSA Party president Herman Mashaba believes the latest assault on democracy in Zimbabwe will lead to more Zimbabweans fleeing to South Africa for a better life.

This comes after reports that Zimbabwe’s president Emmerson Mnangagwa has signed constitutional amendments into law that prolong his stay in office and delay the general elections until 2030.

Mnangagwa’s party has been in power in that country for over 40 years, and he is one of the continent’s oldest serving statesmen at 83 years old.

Mashaba said South Africa is already carrying the burden of a huge number of Zimbabweans who have fled their country because of economic survival and human rights issues.

“There is no doubt about that, we are going to see more and more Zimbabweans coming to South Africa,” he said.

ZANU-PF'S CLING TO POWER

Mashaba said he is shocked at the brazen power grab in Zimbabwe, describing Zanu-PF and its leaders as “very evil.”

“I call them evil people because of the way that they have treated their citizens over the last 40 years. They have treated their people in an unfortunate way.

“I would really like to call on the international community to hold Zimbabwe accountable, because as long as they are not able to hold free and fair elections, that country will never come right.

“Zimbabwe requires free and fair elections, which should be supervised by the international community,” he said.

Mashaba further called on the international community and Western powers to sanction Zimbabwe for what he described as an assault on democracy.

“They must put more pressure and sanction Zanu-PF and their leaders,” he said.

A COLLAPSED COUNTRY

Political analyst Andre Duvenhage said the latest development in Zimbabwe indicates that the country is not close to becoming democratic and prosperous.

“They were once the food basket of Southern Africa, now they are a country in total poverty and the fact that more than two million of their citizens are in South Africa is telling of the situation there,” he said.

Duvenhage said he also does not think the ANC will challenge Zanu-PF’s continued rule.

According to the ANC policy on international affairs, the party believes in allowing countries to come up with their own solutions to the problems they face.

"...Declining customer numbers, empty restaurants, reduced retail sales..."

IronGalaxy come see wishful thinking... This is news to us in SA 🗑️🚮

IronGalaxy:
Misinformation as per usual

Imagine! Same thing with attacks on foreigners in SA - old videos.

These are scenes from 2019 wena

God1000:
https://www.facebook.com/100064617042388/posts/pfbid02KaPaZSCGAfbHzCpWo5FTSKmWN2eqoZeZnCVDoHZFgGz2ZUfTXzDBsSDmB6epyJgNl/

Why would SA seek a state visit during heightened tensionsed with Ghana?

You are a propagandist.

Islamophobic Backlash Follows Yusuf Cassim’s Appointment

Yusuf Cassim has been sworn in as South Africa’s new Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training.

His appointment was followed by Islamophobic comments on social media targeting his Muslim faith.

Veteran journalist… pic.twitter.com/4rZxASFrF8

— Radio Islam (@radioislam) July 2, 2026

"Spaza shop owner. Beard. Muslim. ISIS. Hamas."

When it came to name-calling, every racist and their mother crawled out from under their rocks to spew their hateful rhetoric on social media.

A man in a beard wearing Islamic garb, photographed shaking hands with President Cyril Ramaphosa after being sworn in as a cabinet minister, has just been shared from the president’s official social media account X.

Meet the new Deputy Minister of Higher Education, Yusuf Cassim.

Barely through the door and he has stirred the demons of every racist and Islamophobe in the country. People were leaving their braais and beers, shebeens and sheesha nyamas to serve some of that good ol' fashioned racism. Their objection to Cassim’s appointment? His appearance and his religion.

He is not South African enough. He is not African.

“Go back to Pakistan,” one social media user said.

"Go back to India," another ordered.

Poor Cassim at this stage he is probably as genuinely confused as are we all.

It would be pertinent to point out at this point that Cassim was born in a town called Uitenhage, now known as Kariega, in the Eastern Cape province.

His parents are South Africans, born and bred on this soil too. It doesn’t get more South African than this - born on Eastern Cape soil in a town now proudly bearing the indigenous name Kariega.

He is not the first South African of Indian origin to serve in government, nor will he be the last. Cassim follows in the footsteps of giants, men and women whose names will forever hold space in the history of the fight against apartheid and liberation.

Cassim says his priority is ensuring underprivileged children receive quality education. That’s what matter. Right? I wish him (and would wish any appointee, whatever their party and whatever their personal beliefs) success in delivering with honesty and integrity for our country. For our people. Whoever they are, whatever their beliefs.

Solsix:
So Morocco is not even in the top three, yet they have beautiful infrastructure.

That's the beauty of hosting global events - you can showcase your best. SA did the same in 2010, opened eyes that the country is world class.

seppuku:
If you are asking for my input then a personal level I have a lot of friends here and across West Africa that I know have cancelled their trips to South Africa this coming summer and rebooked to Rwanda so in my opinion you will have economic effects.

Alright, fair enough. Tourist hotspots aren't affected though, suburbs or foreign nationals in corporate or universities. The issue is localised - where there's a high concentration of illegal migrants like townships, Hillbrow, etc.

That's the travel advise countries should offer their citizens.

seppuku:
Let me put like the average South Africa
would' eh wena, We don't care!"

Anyway, denial ain't just a river in Egypt. Will post when target reached. Ok wena 👍🏾

South African economy has grown at low levels for decades, resulting in high levels of unemployment and discontent. However, the country remains Africa's largest economy and bond for a record-breaking $500B GDP if the current 0.5-1% growth moment continues.

Economists say the biggest cost of June 30 may not have been the protests themselves, but the millions of rands in lost trade as businesses chose safety over opening their rather than risk operating.

Although widespread violence was largely averted during the anti-immigration marches on June 30, economists and business leaders say the uncertainty surrounding the demonstrations came at a significant cost to South Africa's economy, with millions of rands in trade lost as businesses opted to close their doors rather than risk operating.

Across Cape Town, shopping centres, township businesses, wholesalers, clothing retailers, furniture stores and informal traders either remained closed for the day or operated on reduced trading hours as concerns mounted over possible violence and looting.

Cape Chamber of Commerce spokesperson Bobby Jordan said while coordinated safety partnerships between business, law enforcement and government prevented widespread disruption to the broader regional economy, small businesses ultimately paid the price.

"While coordinated safety partnerships shielded the broader regional economy from widespread gridlock, the threat of unrest still imposed a financial and operational burden on SMMEs (small businesses). We received widespread reports of small business closures," Jordan said.

"When fear paralyses even a fraction of that ecosystem, forcing township traders and retailers to close their doors, millions of rands in unrecoverable daily cash flow evaporate from the communities that need it most."

Unlike larger corporations that often have financial reserves to cushion temporary setbacks, Jordan said many SMMEs simply could not recover the income lost during the day.

Jordan welcomed the coordinated response that kept much of the province peaceful but said longer-term solutions were needed.

"While business and law enforcement successfully demonstrated what can be achieved through proactive crisis coordination, stakeholders warn that reactive containment is not a permanent strategy.

"To restore long-term confidence, the government must move past short-term management and decisively address the root causes, specifically community discontent over crime, immigration regulation, and a lack of labour law enforcement, by strictly enforcing compliance across all sectors."

Economist Ulrich Joubert said the consequences extended far beyond small businesses, affecting the economy as a whole.

"We must remember that it's not only SMMEs that are affected by events like 30 June, it's the total economy. Big business is also adversely affected because these events cause disruption."

"Normally one must assume that that money is lost forever. So it has a negative impact on businesses, whether it's a small business or a big business."

"These disruptions have a negative impact on overall consumer confidence. If these marches continue over the next six months, as organisers have suggested, they will continue to weigh on consumer confidence."

Joubert also expressed concern about the message such disruptions send to international investors.

"Why would anyone from overseas come and invest in South Africa if they see these sorts of disruptions? Unfortunately, the overall situation is negative. It has a negative impact on small business, on big business, on consumers in general and on investment."

He further cautioned against overlooking the economic contribution made by skilled foreign nationals.

"Many foreign workers bring valuable skills to South Africa. In many cases they fill jobs that South Africans do not want to do or they bring qualifications and experience that benefit the economy. From an economic perspective, skilled foreign labour is an asset because the country benefits from those skills without having paid for that person's education."

Economist Dawie Roodt agreed that the day had undoubtedly affected businesses, particularly smaller enterprises that rely on daily income, although he believes some of the immediate losses could be recovered.

"There will be an impact on the economy, especially on smaller businesses that can't afford a day's lost business, because that is basically what in many cases happened on the day. But I'm not too concerned about that, because this lost revenue can usually be made up over the next couple of days or so. Lost production can be caught up, and South Africa has become quite resilient when it comes to these kinds of disruptions."

Roodt said his greater concern was the broader economic implications of growing hostility towards foreign nationals.

"It seems to me that we have been quite successful in expelling a lot of illegal immigrants, but also probably a lot of legal immigrants to South Africa."

While he stressed that everyone should comply with the country's immigration laws, he said immigrants make an important contribution to the economy.

"The reality is that those immigrants in South Africa are, on a net basis, significant contributors to the South African economy. In many instances they are job creators as well. They are not taking jobs away on a net basis, they are actually adding jobs to the economy."

Roodt warned that the consequences of xenophobia would extend well beyond a single day of disruption.

"I'm afraid the economy is going to suffer over time because of the xenophobia that we're currently experiencing in the country. That's the price we're going to pay, and it's a price that we will pay for a long time to come."

Seppuku Morpheus24 omoawake panafrican

Svoboda:
False hubris!

Isn't it about time you all should go reclaim your stolen gold mines or you're just content washing Boer toilets and digging mines and chasing out black Africans to seize their properties?

We're fine with our progress since 1994.
🇿🇦😎

How far naija since 1960? 🇳🇬🤡🤡🤡

bengdededeng:
you hypocrite...you insulting Nigerians on the nairaland platform is no different from what the man did to your zulu mumu culture

Go tell him to continue because faceless individuals are insulting each other on NL 😂😂😂

TheMensch:
I wish we could get to a point in Nigeria where people will threaten to kill another person online and the law enforcement does nothing about it.

Malema sings about killing the white farmers all the time and Nigerians say he's the only sane South African since Mandela.

So....

benardtotti:
Actually yes you have committed xenophobic crimes aided with your media propaganda and rubbing it in our faces on our very own forum .
.

How's Zimbabweans saying they're the backbone of SA rubbing it in your face? You should be celebrating SA has lost its 60K backbone out of 65M lazy and ugly population. Unless you find the Zimbabwe claims laughable and a mockery to you 😂😂😂

QuinQQ:
What you should have done is PREVENT more from coming NOT uprooting established individuals and families. Karma always pays back such. Believe me, you’ll sooo regret this in the future

You can't regularise an estimated 3 million undocumented migrants while your country faces a 30% unemployment rate and locals are crying out for jobs.

Most undocumented foreigners work in low skills jobs that unemployed South Africans can do but can't because foreigners work for peanuts while building back home.

The SA rand is 85 times stronger than the naira so you can imagine the remmitance.

IronGalaxy:
Don't know why they like deluding themselves that everybody "envies" them, what is there to "envy"?

They believe we envy their ill-gotten Maybachs. That time we're angry about the impunity and brazenness - our own rich don't behave in an appalling manner like this. Then a thief comes and calls you all sorts of names.

QuinQQ:
SA will sooo regret this in the future. I honestly feel sorry for them. They don't know what they have laid on their heads. Reminds of China's one-child policy. Now they're begging women to have children.
One day SA will be begging these same migrants to come, remembering the good old days when foreigners were there

The apartheid government controlled migration well and we where still No1 economy in Africa. Black government was gaslit into the pan African open borders dream where SA can be a dumping ground while other governments loot their countries' resources. That's coming to an end. Time to hold your governments accountable instead of looking for the easiest way out to SA.

Svoboda:
Trash!

If we'd treated you same way, a lot of your parents would have ended up illiterate.

Who paid for the free education thousands of your citizens enjoyed in Nigeria?

Now it seems Nigeria's contribution and sacrifice to end apartheid were all meaningless if the black south Africans fail to direct their frustrations at the right people.

The African migrants didn't make you lazy. The Boers made you lazy and slothful.

You can invoice us that audio $60B apartheid fund, our Minister in the Presidency already told you where you can shove your compensation claims for the current crisis 🗑️🚮🚮🚮

WatchYourSix:
While illegal immigration is wrong…. From many of your citizens’ comments online, it’s too obvious most of yall are just envious and angry that foreigners are doing better than you ….because Yall are seizing the opportunity to attacking and even kill weda they are documented or not…

You should acknowledge the numerous threads on frontpage everyday of Nigerians engaging in crimes all over the world - especially developing countries. You're viewed with suspicion, not envy.

The anger comes from the lack of shame you exhibit after commiting the crimes.

expert234:
You also chased documented and legal foreigners away from south Africa. Quit your double standard, dear xenophobia dorg!

South Africans also avoid high crime areas. If you're documented avoid areas with high influx of illegal migrants. Simple as that.

IronGalaxy:
Their big mouths and their insatiable need for attention is their biggest undoing

I'll be around to report his arrest soon - on fraud, tax evasion and illegal entry into SA. I can predict the future😎

Nigerian man mocks South Africans after buying a Maybach worth over $500,000 in South Africa, wait for the full Zulu outfit😂🙆🏽‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/vs6pP9dadi

— Yobarnub 🦍 (@realyobarnub) July 5, 2026

A Nigerian man sparked widespread outrage online after a video of him mocking Zulu culture from inside a luxury Maybach car went viral on 5 July 2026 in Cape Town.

The clip, shared by @realyobarnub on X, shows the man dressed in traditional Zulu attire in his car, which is valued at over $500,000 (approximately 9 million rands).

Laughing alongside his friends, they all rhymed, saying "I'm not getting back, I'm in a Maybach", before he stepped out anyway and attempted to perform the Zulu warrior dance.

South Africans were quick to respond with anger, warning that disrespecting the Zulu Nation was not something to take lightly.

The online backlash was swift and sharp, with many pointing out that the stunt reflected poorly on Nigerians living in South Africa at a time of already heightened tensions.

Amovingman:
Are you paying taxes to Nigeria government for being active here you're using this forum illegally

Really🥱, which border did I cross illegally on the world wide web? Yawns!