CONDEMNS TRIBALISM AND CALLS FOR NATIONAL UNITY ON IMMIGRATION CRISIS

CONDEMNS TRIBALISM AND CALLS FOR NATIONAL UNITY ON IMMIGRATION CRISIS 

BY : CHANON LECODEY MERRICKS ONLINE EDITOR KASiBC_AFRiCA

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MK PARTY CONDEMNS TRIBALISM AND CALLS FOR NATIONAL UNITY ON IMMIGRATION CRISIS 

The uMkhonto weSizwe Party (“MK Party”) has been observing and monitoring recent activities across the country and condemns the recent tribalistic statements that have been made on public platforms. At a time of rising unemployment, and growing social pressure, political leaders have a duty to unite South Africans, not divide them. 

Illegal immigration is a serious national issue affecting all South Africans, across every tribe, language group, and province. It is therefore misleading and cowardly to frame this challenge as belonging to one community or one province. Communities across the country have, for decades, raised concerns about pressure brought about by illegal immigrants on jobs, housing, and basic services. 

From Alexandra Township and Diepsloot to Khayelitsha, these frustrations are well documented, including during the 2008 violent protests and later unrest in 2015 and 2019. Illegal immigration is clearly a national concern, not a provincial or a tribal one. We reject the scapegoating of Zulu-speaking communities, or any other group, as a solution. 

Tribalism neither hides nor resolves the structural challenge of illegal immigration, it affects South Africans and all ethnic groups, and deepens divisions among those most affected. The burden falls disproportionately on the poor and working class, who face the harshest competition for limited jobs and economic opportunities. 

The ANC government has also failed to respond decisively. Despite sustained public concern, the Border Management Authority remains under-capacitated, with limited resources and slow implementation weakening effective border management. Furthermore, parties such as the ANC, DA, and other so-called progressive parties supported the Immigration Amendment Act, 2025, which makes detaining and deporting illegal immigrants harder by requiring the state to fund their legal representation, adding further strain to South Africa’s already overburdened resources.  

The MK Party maintains that the persistence and support of illegal immigration by these parties is deliberate. It reflects the continuation of a cheap labour system rooted in colonialism and apartheid, now sustained in new forms by the ANC.  

This system primarily benefits white monopoly capital by placing downward pressure on salaries and wages of ordinary South Africans. The MK Party reaffirms its commitment to a united South Africa, to firm and lawful management of immigration, and to protecting the dignity and economic interests of all our people. 

Such irresponsible statements undermine social cohesion; fuel tribal tension and divert attention from the broader struggle for genuine economic freedom and true liberation. We call on society to reject divisive rhetoric by opportunists and to focus on building a just, united, and truly liberated South Africa. 

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