#PutSouthAfricansFirst protesters accused of putting people’s lives in danger
Under the banner of #PutSouthAfricansFirst, Nelson Mandela Metro Community Forum members protested outside the Alurite plant in Gqeberha on Tuesday.
The protesters want to force the company to employ South Africans and not immigrants.
The Zimbabwe Migrants Support Network says the protest put “people in danger of being attacked”.
Members of the Nelson Mandela Metro Community Forum in Gqeberha have vowed to stop Alurite (Pty) Ltd, a metal and plastic recycling facility, from functioning, because it employs immigrants.
On Tuesday about forty people protested for the second time outside the company demanding it dismiss immigrants and employ South Africans. The previous protest was on 21 October.
The protesters held a huge, professionally printed banner on which was written in capital letters:…