Anti-foreigner vigilantes target schoolchildren in South Africa under Operation Dudula

JOHANNESBURG – After a widely publicised campaign to stop foreign nationals in South Africa from accessing public healthcare, proponents of that country’s notorious Operation Dudula have taken their act to schools, where they intend to stop pupils without citizenship from enrolling for the next school year. This week, the group began its campaign in Soweto, where they delivered letters to schools, asking them to unenroll children who do not have documentation for the 2026 school year. “No South African child will be deprived of education in favour of illegal foreigners.” Operation Dudula leader Zandile Dabula said that the operation was meant to urge schools to follow the country’s laws.

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