ANC hijacks Operation Dudula's eviction of illegal foreigners

Move seen as bid to gain support in municipal polls

- By Queenin Masuabi

Joburg mayor Dada Morero has set out to clean up inner city.

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In a desperate bid to clean its dented image, the Joburg ANC has hijacked Operation Dudula's campaign to evict illegal foreign nationals from hijacked Johannesburg buildings.

The move by the former liberation movement is aimed at regaining lost ground ahead of next year's local government elections.

As political parties across Gauteng unveil their mayoral candidates amidst much fanfare ahead of the municipal polls, the ANC in Johannesburg is moving with speed to push out illegal foreigners from city buildings.

Established by the executive mayor Dada Morero and his so-called “bomb squad”, which is spearheaded by ANC veteran Snuki Zikalala, the ANC is hard at work behind the scenes copying Operation Dudula’s ideas.