Sub-par politics:
A man brandishes a golf club as Operation Dudula
supporters remove street vendors’
stalls in Alexandra
township in northern
Johannesburg on 7 March 2022. They also forced
the closure of
allegedly foreign-
owned shops and removed foreign
street vendors on
pavements. (Photo by Michele Spatari / AFP)
Despite warnings that vigilante organisations can become xenophobic and violent, the ruling ANC says the more grassroots groups like these, the better
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