Malawi leader set talks with South Africa President as Malema lashes out at Zuma over xenophobia

April 18, 2015 Nyasa Times Reporter 84 Comments

Malawian President Peter Mutharika who is in the United States is scheduled to visit President Jacob Zuma in South Africa to dialogue over the anti-African migrants violence, SABC reported on Friday.

Malema believes the state is responsible for the xenophobic violence meted out to foreigners.
Malema believes the state is responsible for the xenophobic violence meted out to foreigners.

Mutharika’s government is meanwhile evacuating Malawi nationals from South Africa following the violence.

The SABC reported that Mutharika will cut his US trip to meet Zuma on the afrophobic matter.

There was no immediate confirmation from Malawi government on that but Information Minister Kondwani Nankhumwa called on the African Union (AU) and the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) to intervene to help protect foreigners.

“This is unfortunate coming at a time we are working on regional integration,” he said at a news conference.

“We urge the government of South Africa to protect foreigners,” he added.

Meanwhile, Julius Malema – the firebrand leader of the opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party –  has torn into President Jacob Zuma, his son and the ruling ANC, blaming them for the xenophobic violence.

Malema told parliament that Zuma government was setting an example of resorting to violence when confronted with problems.

Malema said: “When people had problems in Marikana…you killed them…When Tatane protested, you killed him… When the DA marched to Luthuli House, you responded by violence.”

He further accused Zuma of not keeping his family in check, following his son Edward’s remarks that foreigners must go.

“Mr President you taught our people that everything should be resolved through violence. You must take full responsibility.”

Malema charged that he noticed, minutes earlier whenZuma condemned the wave of xenophobia in an address to the chamber, that his heart did not appear to be in it.

“You body language did not suggest a leader,” Malema said, before adding that the president had failed to stop his son Edward Zuma from expressing anti-foreigner sentiment.

“You cannot even whip your own son into line.”

Malema ended his three-minute speech with a passionate plea to end the attacks that has left at least five people dead and hundreds displaced.

“Don’t kill each other, no country can survive in isolation.”

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84 replies on “Malawi leader set talks with South Africa President as Malema lashes out at Zuma over xenophobia”

  2. This is a bad time to visit south africa for our beloved president. You certainly do not need a personal visit to solve this problem. Our presidfent should tell us what he will do to ensure there is employment created for Malawians. This meetiung is just for his own political gain….like the one Muluzi had with Mandela and Muluzi had the audacity to announce that he Muluzi will reopen TEBA.

  3. Call it xenophobia,racism,tribalism,apartheid so on,and so forth,it comes to one common meaning: HATE.Indeed,what is going on in South Africa,is evil and inhuman that every human being,must condemn and not condone.South Africans have forgotten that their people also lived in many countries in Africa where by they were respected and taken care of during liberation struggle.Eventhough,the Malawi government has the right to condemn the South African government over brutal treatment of Its nationals,it must not be forgotten that the the former tyrannical regime of tin- pot despot Hastings Banda,established diplomatic relations with the most brutal racist regime of the minority rulers in novel history.South African political refugees were not welcome in Malawi,so what is a big deal here?

  4. We are all Africans, stop killing people lazzy South afrcans, is this mean if we go to Zimbabwe, Malawi , Zambia’ Mozambique Nigeria can’t find a south afrcans citizen? Why killing innocent people, children, God will punish you

  8. nanunso a Malawi kutengeka, achita bwino akuthamangitseni ifetu kumudzi kuno tikudyanso chips and chicken …….musovenge …..

  9. That is not fair,why are these people killing us?Go to Egypt,sudan,Libya,Malawi,zambia,zimbabwe,Nigeria,i can just say any African country you will find south Africans,so why us?

  10. There is no foreigner in Africa anybody can move anywhere in Africa so brothers from South Africa stop the pussy you are doing

  12. Malawi gvt make malawi livable,and people will stop flocking to RSA,the solution is not pointing fingers at those southafricans,no.why should you force them to accomodate so many immigrants from all over africa? Si bho choncho,olo mutakhala inu mulendo wachomcho mukamuuza kuti zivaya,aZimva kamodzi,

  14. Malawians have contributed a lot to South Africa. look at what Clement Kadali did. Please google people like Clement Kadali

  17. That’s is not good if their don’t want plp in South Africa tell them not killing , biting them

  18. Reference zumas son and achief should face ICC for insiting violence in RSA South Africans its up to you to remove this Zuma Long live Malema

  20. It is indeed shameful and anti-pan Africanist that great leaders of our continent such as Kwame Nkhruma,Kambarage Nyerere,Patrice Lumumba,Jaramogi Ondinga Oginga,Nelson Mandela and many others laid down their precious lives.What is happening to day in South Africa,disturbs even our acenstral souls where ever they are and Africans of all walks of life must expressly condemn this horrible and unthinkable crime against humanity.The international community steadfastly condemned the brutality of the former rulers against African people.Malawi in particular,has vigorously condemned the attacks of its citizens,while at the sametime,under the leadership of their messiah Banda,supported the blood-thirsty racist regime.As of J.Malema,no lucid African must dance to his tune,he is a calculated opportunist and a corrupt monster.At one time he agitated the expulsion of the minority South Africans who until today,hold the South African vast economy.He also urged the leaders of the ruling party ANC,to emulate Zimbabwe’s good for nothing corrupt tyrant Robert Mugabe who has pitifully directed Zimbabwe ‘s once strongest economy in Africa,into sink-hole of an inferno.The international community,must not only condemn the South African uncontrolled youths for what is taking place in South Afica to day,criticisms must also be forthwith directed to the corrupt leadership of President Jacob Zuma who recently used $ 20 million of public funds to renovate homes of his 5 concubines,while thousands of youths remain unemployed.Yes,the Malawi government,can bring our youths back home,but will the government be able to give them jobs taking into account the state of its economy.?

  21. Zuma is an asshole, besides marrying may wives and having a shower after unprotected sex, there is nothing he has done for SA apart from bringing the economy down. He is using foreigners as a scapegoat

  22. africa is for black so why chasing an african from africa, leaving out the Europeans & Americans at large? When r we going to stop praising european articles & their produsers?

  23. God made things good but became evil in the hands of man. The rule of law must apply to both foreigners and south Africans. Foreigners obey the laws you will be respected. Botswana you play foul then a good example to others.

  26. Its very sad what has happened to our fellow Malawians may the lord see as through this great tragedy

  27. what hon Malema is talking its 100% true this Rapist whom you call Zuma or what ever is the one who course all these shit and he is trying to make himself like a saint while is not this guy he used that fucken king Goowill and his fucken son to order Zulu’s to start Xenophobia.this dude will die in hard death am promise you God will never be happy to see Zuma killing people like this God will do something to him aswell

  29. Please malema if you want that leadership, it’s the only chance now. Visit Malawi,Mozambique,Zimbabwe and all boarders around RSA we shall pushed you in without margins. People for democracy. Try this simple method then you are in that seat for all foreigners.

  31. We all Africans fought for black segregation of South Africa. Now you think the country is yours, lairs, Mandela gave some grandpa and grandma,Malawi /RSA ids why? Man of integrity. RSA doesn’t deserve you as a leader but a killer. God shall punish you. Learn this,RSA is for all even the house you are staying is for us all not you alone.
    Watch out brother mafia.

  33. High time Zuma uses the armed force bcz the police had shown that they are not capable of bringing peace..The earlier the better

  35. Mr president you are failing the south Africans instead of helping you rather laugh at the people pls if you are tired just resign.

  36. malema woyeee!!,peter mutharika woyeee!!,inenso woyee!!, i think the malawi leader should not discuss with hule jacob zuma but opposition party leader julius malemia,a true south african following mandela footsteps pitiriza malema dziko uliphula osakaika ulamulira south africa uyo okonda akaziyo akagwere uko

  39. If u dont hv something 2say u better shut ur stinking mouth do u knw hw it takes 4 apparent 2 loose achild what z wrong there 4 the parent to visit the place where his kids r barred u mean zuma must vist all the countries where this zeno attack reached them its when I hv seen that ur head z blank sorry I dont blame u even the name shows that u r nothing but a bicycle called max u better format ur brain and re shape ur head otherwise I dont knw coz u dont knw nothing so zip up ur stinking mouth boddy.

  41. Malema,your plea is full of sense and its very touching.you really deserve to be a leader not jacob zuma because it really shows that zuma is behind the attackers.shame on him.

  43. from the comments I can see that most ppl here do not know who real Malema is. One day you will know the truth as to who is behind these attacks and am not ashamed to say Juju is amongst them. that speech was hypocrisy at its best using anc/zuma as a shield.

  44. what a shame what hve we done. the freedom charter says south africa belongs to all who live in it. president zuma must be removed. when th ANC government killed poeple in Marikana he went to china now his son is talking nonsens forgeting that his a half south african an swaziland it shows that zuma ,his son and king zwelithin pland this its true that we dont hve a president in SA plz fighter Malema silwele i missed comrade chris hanni

  45. South Africans are stingy,lazy and selfish.They dont like to work but to have fun all the time unlike foreigners.

  47. How can somebody set a trip going to RSA kukagwira mendo kapena kukapesa muthu amene wapha ana ake? Kodi oyenera kupepesa ndi namalira kapena opha make?koma umphawi ngosautsa eti ! Kkkkk may God help ‏Malawi.

  49. Mr Julius Malema,
    Through brief but timely speech has proved to the world that he is a true national leader and who understand pan Africanism.. He has come come out clearly. While many leaders in Africa are still undecided he has set pace right inside South Africa.
    Bravo JULIUS

  50. comment 21 you are out of order we talking about our people who suffering to death in south Africa not about chimunthu banda and peter mutharika. we must help our fellow malawians regardless of tribalism or racism. the president must go on to assist our brothers and sisters in RSA.

  51. Don’t be fooled ppo. Malema & zuma are both S. African politicians & both hav no good news for Foreigners. Zuma’s speech to condemn xenophobia z just from the lips not from the heart. Besides, what he said in a certain news paper about foreigners, tells us how cruel & HYPOCRISY he z.

  52. Chofunika nkutipezera zochita zopezera ndalama zabwino konkuno ku Malawi. Ku South Africa kwakanika. 2008 kudaphedwa anthu oposa 60. Chidachitika nchiyani? Ndi ndani yemwe adapezekapo wolakwa ndikugamulidwa kukakhala ku ndende? Ndiuzeni ndidziwe. Kumene kuja anthu amafananitsa moyo wamunthu ngati wankhuku. Sangasinthe khalidwe chifukwa adazolowera za upandu monga kuphana, kubelana, kugwilira ndi zina zotere. Pena nkumati apartheid inali bwino chifukwa azungu aja ankachita nkhanza zomwe ndi language imene zimbalang’ondozi zimamvetsetsa! Kumene kuja sikudzathekanso. Ndi dziko la mtundu wanji anthu ophedwa kumakwana 19, 000 pakutha kwa chaka pamene mdzikomo mulibe nkhondo? Ndiuzeni!

    1. May the Souls of our brothers killed in SA rest in the Eternal Heaven. These brothers have been butchered not that they liked that way but because they were lacking somethings in their lives which they thought they could accomplish there. If we had patriotic Leaders in the past 50 years and had developed this country and created wealth for the commoners people could not be trecking to SA in such large numbers as the is today instead these killers would have been coming here to work. This is a very serious issue that the current leaders should strive to achieve. No matter how hard these guys kill us people will not trecking there until the our Economy changes. Here at home we are busy sleeping letting these Aliens steal our Wealth which would have assisted in developing our country. Going to talk to SAcan Gvt is good and will ease the tension but it’ll be for a while. This scenerio will surface again soon or later. Wakeup Malawi!

  53. It’s too barbaric. Why not doing it the whites who oppressed you during the apartheid rule

  55. Malema can’t you organize a trip to Malawi just for a visit?Certainly my fear is based on how Malawians will travel from those places in Malawi to their respective places?Remember our brothers and sisters got nothing while they were chased by these barbaric South Africans.See my name.

  56. Malema can not be believed he is a snake in the grass.He is decampaigning Zuma and yet he is worst beast

  58. When President late Kamuzu refused to help ANC the other Countries thought he was crazy look now they even kill the people of Countries which helped ANC.Thats bad eh! They have forgotten already that other Countries helped them when they had problems.

  59. Gone is the hero Mandela. Having won independence for South Africa, everybody saw hope in the ‘rainbow’ country. Mandela’s ideology of ‘together as one’ is being trampled upon by black South Africans who used to chant ‘mayibuye Africa’ mean come Africa come. Now that Africa has come they are behaving like children who fight over bowl of porridge given to them to share with Big Tata Zuma on watch. What a pity. Mayibuye True Africa

  60. Lets not forget, Peter Mutharika is a Tribalist. He called Chimuntu Banda a Tonga, and that a Tonga cannot be President of Malawi which is a hate crime just as Xenophobia is a hate crime.

  62. Sorry 4 the zeno attack komabe chokani ku dziko la eni …………………………………..kwa eni kulibe nkuwo or mwakwenda wangachapira kasoti ………………………zitsiru ndi zimene zimathawa dziko lawo ndi kukatambalala kwa eni ……………….zibwerani !!!!!

  63. How can that be, Peter Mutharika and King Zwelithini are the same. Peter Mutharika called Chimunthu Banda a Tonga, and that a Tonga cannot be president of Malawi.

  65. I Support XENOPHOBIA TO THE MAXIMUM. ALIYENSE ADZIPITA KWAWO. MINDA INGOKHALA KUSOWA OLIMA. MUKUTHAWA NTCHITO ZA ULONDA NDI KUSESA UKO MUKUGWIRA ZOMWEZO. AGALU INU MUMANYANYA. MAWA TIKUDIKILANI NDIPO TIKUGULANI TINGINI TOMWE MUBWELE NATO POTI MUBWERA OPANDA KALIKONSE. PASSPORT KUNO MUSUNGILE FIFTY PINI. MUONA MBWADZA AKHAKHATHA INU.

  66. My fellow Malawians just come home we are piece loving nation and we don’t beat foreigners here.Those people were oppressed for long time and anger still boiling in their hearts and always feel intimidated by immigrants that one day you will rule them like what the Boers did to them.Credt to us the ngoni from Mzimba and Ntcheu because we don’t behave like our distance relatives the Zulus.

  67. The boerman is watching a thriller in the comfort of his Sandton mansion devouring tons of pork while black brother necklaces black brother! Africa my Africa…Idi Amin where are you?

  68. This is shit u think that u can help us wen we will ne nack home?agalu inu tamangolimani azikuberanj pokugulani mbeewu amagula ngati akugula mbatata ali fodya kupusa kwamanu

  69. nafenso tawonjeza,wina aliyenso Joloza,akayamba kutikwapula,kuyamba kufuna MW govt itumize transp.guys let’s develop our poor nyasaland poor of poorest,azayitukule ndani tonse tikathamangila cremola

  70. This is good Mr President. You have sent the right message. Meet Zuma and tell him that he should the kiling.

  71. we have alot of southafrica’s doing business here,but we are just quit as if we are proud of what is going on.do u want to say that there iz nothng we can do as malawians? Not to attack them look what is mozambique,zambia etc are doing,wake up malawians do somethng

  72. Malemas speech was just genuine according to the situation here,whereby these attacks were perpetuated by Zumas own Son & stupid king Zwelithini.He has totally shown he has no capacity to control his own family & country.

  73. You Americans you killed Gaddafi who was pioneering united states of Africa,look now what the great mind you robbed Africans.you need to come out and apologize strongly.
    we Africans don’t know the convincing reasons for his killing.you are busy reuniting with your American enemy like Brazil and others and yet fueling tribal wars in other countries.we say no strongly to this barbaric killing of a black man all over the world.Black people rise up and shine.stop this fighting in the world.Lets unite and build this world together as one.jah massanger.one people one world let Love lead all the way

  74. anthu opusa chokani dziko silanu. mukumathawa sukulu kuti muzizana ku south africa, atukule malawi ndani? inu simudandaula ndi maforena?

  75. Mr President please don’t listen to Julius Malema.I hear his speech on your statement,if this year he never join this Xenophobia mmmmm am doubt.Real am not sure.This men was the founder of 2008 Xenophobia here in South Africa.Ofcourse is a wright speech for today but he is a plastic smile{Njoka mu udzu}You must wake up.Just think President Zuma failing to control his own fIrst son s speech as well.I think ANC now is not better than before especially the leadership is poor.

  76. Opposition stunt. Painting a holier than thou image but if given chance to take the mantle changes completely. This guy has a rotten vocabulary for foreigners too.

  78. Malawians don’t be fooled by this salvage Malema guy. He is just trying to buy a political mileage in RSA on xenophobia. He had secretly brainwashed the youth and followers on many occasions. He is among the architects of post 2010 xenophobia in RSA. Hate speech is a criminal offense in RSA, he blurs only hate speech even in parliament. Hate speech breeds anger on anyone who is not partially related to you. Musamumvere, wina ndi ameneyu waphetsa abale athu. Hahahahaha.

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