Operation Dudula leader Zandile Dabula hit with teargas and pepper spray at G20 protest – Video

Operation Dudula leader Zandile Dabula hit with teargas and pepper spray at G20 protest – Video

Leader of the anti-immigrant activist group Operation Dudula, Zandile Dabula, was hit with teargas and pepper spray on Saturday as members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) clashed with protesters near the Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg, where President Cyril Ramaphosa and world leaders are attending the G20 Leaders’ Summit.

IOL reported earlier that SAPS officers pushed back a group of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) members and Operation Dudula activists who had gathered near the heavily fortified venue, demanding to speak to President Ramaphosa and visiting dignitaries.

Officers deployed teargas and pepper spray to disperse the crowd, while water cannons were also positioned at the scene.

Videos circulating on social media showed Dabula sitting in a vehicle, rubbing her eyes and coughing after being caught in the cloud of chemical agents.

‘They can’t show this force to criminals’

Speaking to reporters later, Dabula criticised police for using excessive force against South African protesters instead of targeting criminals.

“The sad thing is that the force they are showing to us as South Africans, they can’t show it to criminals. That is why we are having the Madlanga Commission today,” she said. “When they are supposed to do the right thing to the criminals, they don’t do it. Some of us are arrested for fighting crime — for fighting illegality that is happening in the country.”

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