Videos: EFF chases Dudula vigilantes from hospital gates
EFF leader Julius Malema
Tensions flared at Kalafong Hospital in Atteridgeville, west of Pretoria, today as disgruntled members of Operation Dudula and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) attacked one another, following weeks of protests outside institutions which have provided healthcare services to “suspected migrants”.
Following the clashes, union Democratic Nursing Organisation of SA (Denosa)slammed government’s slow response to the crisis, saying it was disappointed that it took more than two weeks for Health Minister Dr Joe Phaahla to deal with the issue.
Denosa’s Bongani Banda blamed the department and police for failing to intervene before the matter descended into violence, while the situation has “clearly placed the lives of healthcare workers, patients and now bystanders in danger”.
“It’s disappointing that it has come to this for the department, hospital and police to take this matter seriously,” he said.
Hospital management obtained a court interdict last Friday against Operation Dudula, which ordered the movement to disperse, and stated that the picket outside the facility was illegal.
However, police and management have failed to enforce the interdict. The interdict with case number 017921/2022 – which was placed outside the hospital entrance – did not have a signature or stamp from the court, “which is why we won’t even consider it”, said Dudula members when asked why they disregarded the order.
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