Mzansi calls on Ramaphosa to address Beitbridge border 'crisis'

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Calls are mounting for President Cyril Ramaphosa to speak out about the chaos at the Beitbridge border post.

Ndlozi slammed Mnangagwa, saying he should stop “grandstanding on Twitter”.

“Take mobile test stations to your borders with SA. This is the most urgent problem now. The border is presenting a big superspreader event. Oh, and are you actually tweeting from a holiday or from work?” Ndlozi also rejected calls for the border to be closed, claiming that it would be “inhumane” and “breed a worse humanitarian crisis than Covid-19”.Here are some of the reactions:

What’s happening in Beit Bridge is unacceptable and once again exposes the perennial incompetence of home affairs minister motsoaledi. Mr.

 

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He can not address people that are outside this country, when anc took an army aeroplane to zim they were told to go back there is no crisis in zim

mbathalbt77 Instead he wants to address ANC celebrations 🥴

Close the border before the outbreak of something you call xenophobia

A coward like him!!!

He will not because he is not presidential.

Where is ED?He must sort out all this Beitbridge nonsonso maarn ayeke uCyril

But why should he addressed the chaos at Beitbridge. Zimbabwe is on total lockdown so what are those people doing there. Just close the border until after 30 days.

He is going to apologise

Borders must be closed and open for business travelers only

He should just tell officials to block those people.

Thelandthief He must just close those borders!!

Actually it is the DA. But the call remain valid.

Ramaphosa is useless. wonder why he wanted to be president knowing very well that he is not capable.

Lockdown in Zim,why are they still at their borders, why cant their soldiers remove them, our President is busy solving serious issue at his home and cant afford to look nextdoor. Covid is killing us here yet you guys want to add more burden to our country.

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By the time he close the boarder it will be too late

Why should our South African president address the chaos? It is in Zimbabweans side and their president must address it!

Listen to more f**** lies. He can just shut the hell up and leave us alone.

Close the fucking border. Simple as that.

Leave the man alone, he employed Aaron for that.

Big Zim

Zimbabweans should go back home till the whole situation gets better, mayb its time to fight harder for a better Zimbabwe

When they go back it was our problem even when they want to come in still is mzansi problem. please zims you need to and be acountable for your problem. if that number can vote againt zanu we will not see this .

Now you want to make him cry again.

It's not our problems and there is nothing for him to address

best he can do is to be 'shocked'... nothing more

... and say what exactly? The problem was created by people who flocked to the border knowing there will be influx and some without the necessary or expired documentation. COVID is real and relaxing regulations will put South Africans at risk which is dereliction of duty.

If he lets them in, then there's no lockdown. Period.

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The problem is not at the border..... As the chairman of the AU Rhamaphosa has a duty to address the situation of political crisis in Zimbabwe and speak against it? This thing of supporting dictatorship there is going to make us suffer

He'll be shocked, shem

Zimbabwe is holding Ramaphosa by his balls.

We cannot allow them into our country ..the president should have addressed this from the beginning of lockdown....

They must stay in zim

Chaos ? What chaos ?.............

There’s nothing to say, Zimbabweans must stay in Zimbabwe. Covid is real.

CyrilRamaphosa ...why are you silent on this crisis 🤔 this is a problem which you also contributed to by not calling out the Zim government. Now millions will cross over into South Africa and many are infected with COVID as well.

shut it down but they simply don't care

Ja it’s easy to have a family meeting with ordinary South Africans now you can have a meeting with the Zimbabweans 🤔

simple ' close the borders' is all SA needs

They can't run a longdrop (Should have been run a toilet but they have stolen them all already) let alone a country so the chaos at the border is out of the question.

How does the president speaking on anything change anything?

All dis ppl are in their countries wanting to enter S. A. And our borders r closed what must our president say?. Unemployed S. A. HERE R VACANCIES unemployment is going down

He's waiting for WHO to tell him what to tell us

Useless president

I almost got excited when I read the first line that says' Calls are mounting for President Cyril Ramaphosa...' I thought it was going to finish with ' to step aside.'

But that has nothing to do with us.

Hes waiting for an advise from CR17 capitalists not from ANC.

It's time to stand up president for us please talk it's time

The only question I have is for PresidencyZA is that the number of South African seeking refuge in other countries

What should the President say exactly?

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