By Katlego Rammusa:
This comes after Pastor Chris Oyakhilome of Nigeria, who once had the biggest ministry in South Africa, came out in public to say, “What South Africans are doing with the March and March protest is totally unacceptable, and the government of South Africa should intervene. If there are illegal immigrants, law enforcement must deal with that, not the normal citizens.”
First of all, the March and March protests are peaceful protests to awaken the government to take action against the illegal immigrants. The citizens are not taking the law into their own hands, just to clarify.
As a patriotic South African, I clearly see that the man of God does not understand what is going on in the country, or is ignorant of it? Firstly, his Nigerian brothers who came illegally to South Africa are acting against the law of our country, although they were not invited. You don’t come to someone’s yard uninvited; you have to be invited, or should I say it’s a sin for you to come inside my yard uninvited.
Borders define a country’s sovereignty, enabling self-governance and implementation of independent laws. They provide security by controlling entry, preventing threats like illegal immigration, smuggling, and terrorism.
The borders support economic management, resource protection, and ensure the rule of law and cultural cohesion for stable public services.
There is a scripture in the Bible from John 10:10 which says, “The thief has come to steal, to kill, and to destroy.” We all know that drugs kill and destroy, and many of his brothers are involved in all kinds of corruption. What are they stealing? They are stealing the future of our youth by selling them drugs. Most of the brothels in CBDs are owned by Nigerian illegal immigrants.
They brought drugs; they are prostitution pimps; they do fraudulent activities such as hijacking buildings in CBDs, are involved in human trafficking, and all kinds of bad activities.
So now the natives are tired and frustrated by our law-enforcement agencies’ inefficiency in doing their work. As the Freedom Charter states that the people shall govern, March and March has galvanised the sleeping government about something that they could have tackled a long time ago.
A government’s first duty should always be to its own citizens. When people feel their needs, safety, and concerns are being pushed aside in favour of foreigners, trust in leadership quickly disappears. A nation must look after its own people first.
People started to raise the issue of illegal immigration in South Africa in 2008, but the government ignored it. Again, in 2021, the present government also ignored it. Now, in 2026, we are here not to be ignored again.
Some of the illegal migrants who came to South Africa have been selling drugs to our youth, corrupting and destroying them. We are a bleeding nation because of those illegal immigrants inside our country.
I think the Pastor is biased in his approach. Those illegal immigrants should be deported back to Nigeria, and he must teach them the Bible and that they should not sell drugs to other nations; they must not destroy other nations, and they must respect South Africa and its laws.
Even if they came illegally but didn’t conduct themselves in an evil manner, but behaved honourably like human beings who care about other human beings, we couldn’t have noticed them. However, they have become too comfortable and do as they please in a foreign land not of their own. The Pastor should be addressing Boko Haram matters in his own country.
How many kids have died from the contaminated foods that some illegal immigrants sell to our communities? How long should we remain quiet about it?
They must go back home and learn that they must respect other nations and their country’s laws. If the sleeping government does not take any action, the people shall govern.
The government has wasted R600 million on security alone on the 30th June; but they can’t spend the R600 million on job creation for the youth.
( Views expressed in this article are personal views of the writer, not those of NewsSA or its personnel). – @NewsSA_Online
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