Reverend Kenneth Meshoe speaks to the media outside the former home of South African anti-apartheid icon Desmond Tutu, Picture: Michel Bega ACDP leader Reverend Kenneth Meshoe says President Cyril Ramaphosa should copy US President Donald Trump and deal with South Africa’s drug trafficking crisis. Speaking toThe Citizenon Wednesday, Meshoe said South Africa’s borders are so porous that it was easy for cartels to bring drugs into the country. He said that while he has concerns with the manner in which Trump arrested a leader of a sovereign state, his actions could be justified if there is enough evidence to prove that Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro and his wife are involved in narco-terrorism.
Maduro has appeared in a US court and has pleaded not guilty to all charges. “Look at our people, many of them are becoming like zombies because of these drugs. These things have a bad effect on the human body and the brain.
We have seen this in our country; this is heartbreaking. He said instead of condemning the US and calling for anurgent meeting of the UN Security Council, SA must look at its own problems. “Ramaphosa’s house is not in order, but he is talking too much.
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He is the first to condemn what the US has done, which is not wise because our house is in disarray,” he said. Meshoe said the country is still recovering from the allegations that Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi made about senior politicians and state actors colluding with criminals and leaders of drug cartels. “If they choose to ignore what Lieutenant General Mkhwanazi has said, and much of it has been proven true, then South Africa is in trouble.
“I do not believe that there is anybody in Cabinet who does not know the seriousness of drug trafficking in this country. There are many articles on this matter, and they are being ignored. “If you want to see how serious drug trafficking is in this country, go to the squatter camps, go to areas that are dominated by foreign nationals, go to Hillbrow and see what is happening in the streets,” he said.
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