A 28-year-old Zambian man has been stoned to death, allegedly by taxi and bus drivers, in South Africa.
Rabson Zulu was stabbed with a knife, before being stoned to death, together with Four other foreign nationals.
The incident happened over the weekend in Klerksdorp town – North West province.
This is according to a statement availed to ZNBC news today by First Secretary for Press at the Zambian High commission in South Africa, Naomi Nyawali.
Ms Nyawali.says Mr. Zulu was attacked in a case of alleged mistaken identity at a tuck shop, located in Pinasdorp area, where he had gone to buy washing powder to clean the car he was using.
It is alleged that the enraged mob of taxi and minibus drivers, together with local people, wanted to carry out a revenge attack on an identified foreign national of West African origin.
The targeted West African had allegedly killed one of the taxi drivers, who was accused of having raped his employee.
And Zambia’s High Commissioner to South Africa, Emmanuel Mwamba has called on the South African police to carry out thorough investigations to ensure Mr. Zulu’s murderers face justice.
This killing comes barely few weeks after another Zambian national, Kenneth Sikopo was shot dead in Germiston town in South Africa.
[ZNBC]
MHSRIP
There is patriotism and SOuth AFricans dont want Zambians.
SOuth Africans are RIGJHT,m its their country
All Zambians must go back to their own country.
Why develop another African country anyway?
If you are NOT in Europe, USA or Australia just go back to Zambia, which is a better country now anyway.
Saying that thoughts are with the family of the deceased. MHSRIP
South Africans are nice people generally – Go back to your countries and they are RIGHT, are the south Africans.
Thanks
BB2014,2016
Zambian must leave now before those Xenpphobic Zulus and XHOSAs slaughter them.
What about you yourself?
Every time Emmanuel Mwamba force himself on South African TV something horrible happens. What’s all that PF publicity for?
The way those South Africans kill is so barbaric.
I know it’s hard to leave a country, but some PF government can do something, close that Embassy. Close it!
Emmanuel can take vacant jobs as Information minister or that job of Amos Chanda, I don’t know what it is.
I agree with Nostradamus! Shut down that mission and any other similar one and use the savings to repatriate poor Zambians from SA.
How can a whole High Commission just be reporting about deaths of its nationals and thereafter only appealing to police to carry out thorough investigations? …
@1.3,14 Nost and @1.5 Nshimbi so you want ZAMBIA THROUGH THE HIGH COMMISSION TO START RUNNING AN INVESTIGATION ON BEHALF OF S.AFRICAN POLICE?? HIS JOB IS TO ENGAGE WITH S.AFRICAN GOVT AT HIGH LEVEL AND GET THEIR COOPERATION TO BRING THE CULPRITS TO JUSTICE!! Your emotions seem to miss the bigger picture as to why Governments world over establish Diplomatic Relations with others and benefits that accrue to countries through such establishments!! YOU MAY NOT LIKE MWAMBA BUT I BELIEVE HE DOES HIS JOB QUITE WELL COMPARED TO OTHER DIPLOMATS YOU JUST SIT IN OFFICES!!
And Zambia’s High Commissioner to South Africa, Emmanuel Mwamba has called on the South African police to carry out thorough investigations to ensure Mr. Zulu’s murderers face justice.
Since when have these appeals been heeded? Its a waste of time issuing them cos I have never heard of any succesfull investigation of any murdered Zambian in South Africa
@1.3, UPND think like they have never been to school. Mental.
The South African blacks suffer from PTSD after the apartheid experience. Remember, these are people who were in a sense locked up within their country’s borders and knew very little about other African countries. So when apartheid fell, they didn’t really know how to relate to other black Africans from the surrounding countries— and have very little knowledge about other African countries. They also believe that there’s no other country in Africa like South Africa, and that everyone in Africa desperately wants to move to South Africa. They hardly travel to other African countries themselves—which would’ve helped expose them to other beautiful African countries, other than their own. I still support their cause to expropriate land without compensation. Other than that, I’ve no…
(Continued)… desire to live in South Africa. It will take perhaps another 30 years for the South African blacks to learn to live with other black Africans from around the continent. So if you travel there, you do so at your own risk. Instead, go to some other friendly African countries, and they’re many: Tanzania, Kenya, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Angola, Mozambique and many more. Just stay away from South Africa for your own safety. Otherwise, you may be the next victim.
This case s be followed up real quick
The president of Zambia Mr Edgar Chagwa Lunch should do something about this
Our people people being killed and nothing seems to be done about it at all..
Your people are being killed in other foreign countries yet in our own country they come and stay without anyone troubling them…
Something has to be done about this…
You are mad Mushota. Please seek medical attention before it is too late. Whe are talking about death here, please twapapa you unsypathetical goat or mbuzi meee!!!!
Musa, please stop using abusive language on this public platform. This Mushota, though sounding irritating, has a point. Everyone return home to beautiful mother Zambia and leave that country SA to the owners, period! Let the Chinese, Indians and any other undesired non-Zambians also go back to their own countries. Simple!!
violent and xenophobic people
The foools were out for foreign bantu blood…any non RSA black man (including me and you) would have been speared and butchered that day…its no wonder the Boers including children are all undertaking self defense and arms training.
Friends of HH who he were urging to overthrow the Zambian Government! Now a fuu here is calling his fellow fuus as fuus. Amazing fuu!
I’m surprised you have not accused them of being Tonga!
MHRIP. Here we don’t kill foreigners. We’re more civilized than most African countries if not the entire world
I don’t even know what people want from certain countries. Just stay home and fight hard to make it in life. That country is not good at all. Better go to Kenya. Suppose we start killing their people who have flocked our mines, what will they say? These people have no iota of common sense they are barbaric.
This is a crime that has been committed. Let SAPS do their work. Trying to generalize that all South Africans hate Zambians is nonsensical and untrue. Yes there are uneducated hoodlums in SA and we do have such in Zed as well. Black South Africans need our help to go through this phase of self hate due to many years of brutal apartheid rule. They have low self esteem and often see an attack on a fellow African brother as a way to assert their self worth.
It’s even worse back home…
Zambians are killing fellow Zambians…need I justify that?
Stop wasting your time Zambia is as peaceful as it has always been. If you think you’ll scare off investment you pressed a wrong button. Just come back home before you’re stoned yourself.
South African is some how a bad country .us Zambians we are not used to such kid of life god will punish you for that .we are one people
This is sad. South Africans are not good people. We are all Africans but why would a fellow African do that to another African? We were the ones who were blaming the whites for what they did to Africa. So, we chased Whites so that we start killing one another? It’s a shame indeed! Love is waxing cold in Africa!
Yeah Laura Miti chased away and Mr Zulu stoned to death.
Listen to Malema speak on Pan-Africanism…he hits the nail on the head! The thugs have no b.alls to face-down the kaffir-sniggering boer, chinese or Guptas…but a FELLOW African is Freiwild….really sad indeed ! That is the sort that robbed us Lucky Dube – the plea: I did not know it was Lucky !! Eish !!
Why do Zambians like SA?
At home you are safe. That status you want in South Africa is not more important than your life. There is no peace in that country
It’s sad! Please government take this one into consideration ASAP.
South Africa should grow for sure it’s not good
South Africans will beat to death fellow africans but wont say a word about Chinese
I guess S.Aans should also bear in minds not to touch an Nam, cos thousands of them are here than Nams are there in S.A.
Interesting!
ALL SOUTH AFRICANS ARE VIOLENT. THEY ARE AS BAD AS AMERICANS.
ONLY A TOUGH PHILIPPINES-LIKE LEADER DUTERTE WILL STOP THE VIOLENCE.
UNFORTUNATELY ZAMBIANS WILL CONTINUE FLOCKING THERE FOR OPPORTUNITIES LIKE WHITE MINERS COME TO ZAMBIA
Hey wena shut up! How many south Africans do we have in Zambia and uthi amaZambian bahambe kubo. Manje sizofundisana isifundo. We will just be killing each other when they come here we kill when we go they must kill. Iyan’ginyanyisa lentho yonke le. Self hate kuvela from our colonial masters imaning’i Kahuku that’s y sithola amasimba anjalo
Peace mother Zambia
Yes, if we keep attacking each other with those irritating tribal insults, very soon you too will also be killing each other just like in South Africa. That’s the way it starts, promoting violence with those hate speeches. People are judged by their own merits not by tribe.
South Africans are criminals
WHILE IN SOUTH AFRICA STAY AWAY FROM PLACES WITH RECORDS OF MURDER CASES. STAY IN PLACES LIKE PRETORIA, DURBAN ETC. WITH LOTS OF SECURITY
HSRP
If Tokota Boys think they are so hard and tough, let them go to Jo Burg. I feel sorry for the misguided unemployed youths that want to imitate real OG’s. Those Tokota chaps simply need instant vigilant justice ama necklace ya ma tyele period, all that petty *****ic havoc would come to an abrupt end. Even recruits from Lilayi can handle those chaps.
Instead of fighting whites who got Land from your forefathers and killed them, but you are here fighting your fellow blacks shame ,more over we kept your freedom fighters in return you are killing our people, God help us
Monde you’re playing with fire, be careful.
Violence and xenophobia in RSA is as a result of inter-generational trauma brought about by the past apartheid policies. Any zambian living in RSA is not safe!!!!!!!!!. Zambian government is too weak to protect its citizens….
why would you all people write nonsense here? that was not a mistaken identity! we know this stupid guy we killed! he killed someone here for a crime he did not commit. your people are used for commiting crimes by the same taxi owners because they know they cant be traced! myb your president should do something about that! this page is even reporting lies!