Former EFF national chairperson, advocate Dali Mpofu, has hit back at critics of the party's policy on immigration, urging them to take a young history lesson about the African continent.
The party has sparked deep debate on social media for several years over its calls to remove all borders and unify the whole continent.
One social media user claimed he was “cool” with the party until it “encouraged the open border policy”.
“That's where you've lost my vote going forward. I have travelled the world over, there's no country with open borders. Even the small Caribbean islands take border control seriously to protect their citizens,” he added.
Mpofu responded, asking the user to research how the borders of Africa were decided and offering a young history lesson.
“Please do a little research on: who drew the 'borders' of Afrika, when and why? For your information the USA has open borders between 50 states. That’s the only reason it is called “the United States of America”!" he said.
Please do a little research on:
— Dali Mpofu (@AdvDali_Mpofu) January 13, 2021
WHO drew the “borders” of Afrika,WHEN and WHY??
For your information the USA has open borders between 50 states....That’s the only reason why it is called “the United STATES of America”!!👀 https://t.co/NkRucVYzTR
His comments sparked further debate, with some backing Mpofu and others claiming the comparison was flawed.
That I know very well Advocate .You can't compare the US with SA .South Africa's infrastructure is way ahead of all the countries in the Sub-Sahara .By encouraging the open border policy ,you'll be left with a country that is overwhelmed with population going forward.
— Duke of West Rand ✨ (@danieltsoni) January 13, 2021
But that is the plan... If you want to decolonise Africa then the borders must go.
— Simphiwe Zalekile (@S_KaZalekile) January 13, 2021
Find other ways.. I'm not against it but before we Unite as Africa, African leaders must fix their own countries SA can't adopt everyone's problems. We have our own demons here that's we fighting plz don't add to that!!
— A.P™🎓 (@Aphiwe_35) January 13, 2021
Rlly its public knwldge tht borders wr setup by colonialist who shrd Africa amongst themselves, bt those borders nw represent independent countries, who over time hve estblshd their own democracy, heritage, culture, language etc due to migrations. SA is not United State of Africa pic.twitter.com/dxxHCroO8U
— Collateral Damage (@PatrioticOneSA) January 13, 2021
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