A Zambian living in South Africa has been badly hurt after he was stabbed by unknown people on the fore-head.
Zambian Association in South Africa (ZASA) President Ferdinand Simaanya who has confirmed the development said Mr. Daniel Lupiya was stabbed badly injured and was rushed to Germiston hospital where doctors attended to him.
Mr. Simaanya has said in a statement that Mr. Lupiya however remains in pain but out of danger.
He has since asked all Zambians to follow instructions and updates that the association is sending to members.
Mr. Simaanya said currently, the xenophobic incidents are in central Johannesburg, Hilbrow, parts of Primrose, Turfontein, Tembisa and some parts of Pretoria and is advising Zambians to avoid these places.
And the Zambian High Commission in South Africa has also confirmed the deadly attack on Mr. Lupiya, 33, who was attacked this morning on his way home after dropping his niece at one of the schools in the area.
According to the information availed to the Zambian mission in Pretoria, Mr. Lupiya was brutally attacked after a group of unknown people greeted him in the local language but could not respond.
He was then brutally stabbed and left for dead but was rushed to Germiston hospital where he was attended to and his condition has been described as stable.
The assailants’ motive for his brutal attack has not yet been fully established but it is suspected that he was attacked because of the current wave of violent attacks against foreigners in South Africa.
This is contained in a statement issued by Mrs. Naomi Nyawali, First Secretary Press and Public Relations at the Zambian High Commission in Pretoria, South Africa.
“He was then brutally stabbed and left for dead but was rushed to Gemiston Hospital where he was attended to. His condition has been described as stable. The assailants motive for his brutal attack has not yet been fully established but it is suspected that he was attacked because of the current wave of violent attacks against foreigners in South Africa.”
Mr. Lupiya has been in South Africa for two months visiting his brother who lives in that country.
“The Mission would like to advise Zambians in South Africa to take extra precautionary measures to ensure that they are safe. It is advised that trouble spots or towns should be avoided as well as movement to other places except where it is absolutely necessary,” Mrs Nyawali said.
Meanwhile, Government through the Ministry of Transport and Communications is cautioning to all Zambian truck owners, bus owners and drivers to immediately avoid travelling to South Africa until the security situation improves.
Minister of Transport and Communications, Mutotwe Kafwaya is urging Zambian drivers currently in South Africa to park their trucks in safe and secure designated places that authorities in that country may recommend until security improves.
Mr. Kafwaya said in line with bilateral road transport agreement between Zambia and South Africa, the Zambian government will continue engaging the government of south Africa to ensure security measures are put in place to safeguard the lives of all Zambian truck drivers who may be in that country.
This follows a travel alert issued last week by the Zambian High Commission in South Africa to Zambian truck drivers wishing to travel to that country today following reports that they are being threatened with violence.
Dry news day in dirty Shi!thole Zambia
The South African Police are working with the rioters. It was loudly announced that riots would begin on Monday. Everyone knew these attacks were set to happen on September 2 so why werent the Police ready to prevent them? Police are also part of the drug syndicates but people are killing the peddlers and leaving the masterminds
Zambians should try to wear Chipolopolo T-shirts all the time, and stick Zambian flags on cars. They will not be attacked.
That is how Zambians survive attacks back home, they just wear PF shirts and Chitenges even to church.
I don’t have power at home right now yet zesco is exporting power to ungrateful manguams in rsa. It’s time sad should act and close all borders with these primitive lizards. We have tolerated them enough.
Meanwhile whn politicians in SADC meet, they even talk about free movement of people and capital in the region. Wht leverage does ECL hv over Cyril Ramaphosa? Precious little if any. Maybe we even owe SA hospitals that treat Zambia’s great and the good. Let’s face the ugly reality: we hv a long way to go.
Which is worse than the other, politically-motivated violence which ECL connives at or xenophobic violence? There’s nothing to choose btwn the two. Violence is violence, be it gender-based, politically-motivated or xenophobic. They are all morally repugnant.
Just bring back the Boer
This very sad, Jacob Zuma should go and pave way for another president.
Sounds like UPND the party of TRIBALISM.
Savage black South Africans. Next burning tire necklaces?
But why do they not do the same to White South Africans? It’s weird! What psychology is this, the weaker in the economy, grabbing meat meat from other poor?
The same can be asked to Zambians why they treat their chinese masters differently
The SA govt.needs to be taken to task for not having a zero tolerance stand on this primitive behaviour. The underlying causes are also not being adequately dealt with by the government. And what are all these organisations like SADC for, anyway?
The Zambian govt also needs to be taken to task why their citizens are running away from their govt.
We should also send some message. There are a lot of south Africans in zambian now Black and whites who have taken jobs meant for Zambians
Do not go there because you’ll starve.
Bangi, when you were being oppressed, the rest Africa fed and clothed you. The whole continent gave up valuable resources for you survival. No African country starved then as well. Boers were pushed back for you existence, so as you can type stuupidity today. Grow up. Zambia can survive without South Africa, most Zambians just don’t know it.
Listen to the twat on a talk show with the title “Are we a Xenophobic Nation”. If it were not for the independent African Nations that gave refuge to the South Africans, these guys would still be under the yoke of apartheid. The whites built that Nation while you were boycotting to go to school. Now the other Africans that helped to free you are a thorn in the flesh!?! You should be ashamed of yourselves.
Point of correction!!! There were less than 60 000 freedom fighters all over the world during apartheid and very few in Zambia. Most of the so called freedom fighters who based in Zambia were fugitives of law
South Africans blacks were better off materially and economically during apartheid than an average politically free Zambians. Education wise Zambians claim to be educated but don’t see it in practice cos they were educated in glorified high school they call university. See you in Sandton Medi-Clinic when you are about to kick the bucket.
South Africans don’t like us period its high time we pack our bags and go back home guys …We came to a wrong country for greener pasture
All that’s currently happening in South Africa is politically motivated. The government knew about the planned attacks and they did nothing. Only the Nigerian government knows how to respond to S.A. The SADC leaders are all toothless.
Zambia should boycott the Zambia / bafana game on this saturday at heroes stadium
Fine. Go on.
Let them come so that we clobber them as well
One word for *****ic South Africans who keep attacking innocent lives! Failing to get an education and having illiteracy minds is a reason why you keep suffering. Your parents where lazy because they depended on free food from Mandela! Less you forget Zambia gave you a home when you where homeless.
We have always lived in co-existence with you and many other countries if you cannot change your *****ic and retrogressive behavior, you will not be able to cross borders into other countries.
These *****s do not even have passports that`s why their lives circle around the corridors and attacking people shame!
You want to live as if you are monkeys in the banana field. Find something to do and elevate your lives from poverty. Who told you burning innocent souls, knifing innocent souls to…
To be honest with you. Why Zambians are backward and yet you claim to be educated? Your so called leaders depend on SA for their health needs. SA survived isolation before. Please build a hospital. Don’t forget to buy a roll-on at Shoprite
@Mbangi
To be honest with you, by population there are more backward African South Africans than African Zambians. Our so called leaders depend on Boer SA for their health needs and not Mbangi race SA, and it’s after consult from our built hospitals. Boer SA survived isolation whilst Mbangi SA enjoyed huge sympathy from Africa and the rest of the world; it would be another story for Mbangi SA if the backwards decision of isolation is taken, and with the Apartheid era kind of sympathy given but to Boers. Yes, Roll-on from Boer owned Shoprite is must for Mbangi SA.
Surely these Shaka’s descendants have a strange way of showing gratitude. We looked after these savages full of shaka’s DNA and what do we get in return.
Do these primitive fools realize that South African company’s have dominated other African counties. We should equally ask shoprite, pick and pay, food lovers, mtn, hungry lion, carnival furnitures, manda Hill and all these other shops operating in other African countries to close down.Our malls are dominated by their products and this is how they repay us. All that money goes back to them. We can’t have these animals kill our fellow brothers and sisters while we watch. Enough of this madness. Ask them to go back and close boarders. What a bunch of *****s
Zambian Govt must tread cautiously over the xenophobic attacks in South. This phenomenon was hatched by President Zuma and Julius Malema in a bid to frustrate former President Mbeki. I sensed this when I was conducting research in S. Africa. Read Chekani” book: EIGHT DAYS IN SEPTEMBER”.
Current President Ramaphotsa is a victim of Zuma/Malema machinations. Solutions for Zambia are: (1) Let us develop industrial and agricultural bases for our economy. (2) Zambians to be encouraged to return home. (3) Since Zambia is a transit State for South Africa”s trade with Congo DR, Malawi & Mozambique, GRZ must ensue security of foreign truck Drivers. Allow Pres. Ramaphosa to handle xenophobia carefully. Wisdom is vital.
Honest comment so far
I don’t think these people will ever stop this. They will not rest till almost all foreigners leave their country. And where is the police? This is a situation where you even involve the army. If the SA government is really serious about fighting these xenophobic attacks, they should have involved the army by now
The govt needs to ensure Zambians are sufficiently trained to participate in basic businesses such as the sinking of bore holes, emerald mining & selling, retail, simple businesses dominated by foreigners.
You would think its easier for them to spot whites as foreigners but nada. Are blacks the only foreigners in SA? Whats the selection criteria? Ive noticed a Mbanji responding in somewhat support, kindly enlighten me on this point. What is the selection criteria? Are there no foreign whites in SA? The Zambian stabbed was there for only 2 months which is just a visit as days given are usually 3 months so you cant play the “he came to get our jobs” card
We can also do the same to their people and businesses in Zambia.
Our levels of enlightenment cant allow that. That’s a front we are miles ahead of them even with their muzungu led development.
For how long are they going to clobber their fellow black people? Wrong country for greener pastures.Let’s go back now
Fear not my people there are lessons to be learnt and also opportunities for growth for Zambia. Someone in earlier posts mentioned what we need to reduce movements into SA. In the recent past we had a glimpse of what can happen if we transform our country (Zambia).
1. Create jobs; most of the jobs they say are stolen from them are easy jobs that can be created in Zambia. Example, if the truck driver will only pick cargo from SA drive through Zambia into DRC, why can’t Zambia get these trucks and take these cargo to DRC. Question is what cargo is taken from SA? Whatever it is that those factories in SA produce can be built in Zambia (That’s what we should have spent our borrowed loans on.) We should be able to produce almost everything. Buy machinery and train our people to operate…
Buy machinery and train our people to operate. Forget about starving as Zambia can feed itself. We don’t need to import any food with good policies in place.
2. Manufacturing inputs: Develop Agriculture as a first pass to transform the economy. The majority of imports from SA are food imports processed in the country. Most of the non perishables in our malls are from China (walk through malls and check). We can get Chinese machines and process within the country. This will cut imports by a huge margin.
3. Industrial manufacturing plants: The Copperbelt was full of industrial yards in the 70’s and 80’s. Revive these to feed the mines and other industries. These will bring back what went to SA and other countries from Zambia in the past. We will cut further imports and dependence on…
Bravo! My brother
If KK was thinking like you Kazenki at that time we could have been far better. KK spent our money feeding the so called South Africans with the hope of benefiting but what do we get, a knife in our forehead. Zuma was eating 1 egg, half loaf of bread, half chicken, orange juice and milk per day in Zambia. But what do we get……………….I personally blame KK for depending on development from neighbors!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
Musa 18.3 it is great to see other wise Zambians on this forum. KK had a vision, but it was short sighted. He should have trained and let wise young Zambians at that time train and take over from him. Greed caused him to stay way past his expiration date. Good points, Ati ” Zuma was eating 1 egg, half loaf of bread, half chicken, orange juice and milk per day in Zambia.” Kikikikikikikikiki Bo Musa you have made me laugh. Your words are true.
Iam really saddened by this state of affairs whereby umuntu is fighting another muntu and destroying property. Have you forgotten what colonisation did to you and who gave refuge to you. All that you specialise in is violence instead of uniting and building that country. Most of you are a pompous lot for nothing apart from being violent and jealousy of another umuntu’s progress.
If KK was thinking like you Kazenki at that time we could have been far better. KK spent our money feeding the so called South Africans with the hope of benefiting but what do we get, a knife in our forehead. Zuma was eating 1 egg, half loaf of bread, half chicken, orange juice and milk per day in Zambia. But what do we get……………….I personally blame KK for depending on development from neighbors!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
Our cousins have a lot of issues of which xenophobia is a symptom. Their politicians are slowly but steadily steering the country towards the Zim situation, and ‘educated’ citizens like Mbangi are applauding. After xenophobia will come land issues. After land issues will come control of businesses. The SA of 3219 will surely be a banana state.
Point of correction!!! There were less than 60 000 freedom fighters all over the world during apartheid and very few in Zambia. Most of the so called freedom fighters who based in Zambia were fugitives of law
South Africans blacks were better off materially and economically during apartheid than an average politically free Zambians. Education wise Zambians claim to be educated but don’t see it in practice cos they were educated in glorified high school they call university. See you in Sandton Medi-Clinic when you are about to kick the bucket.
South African blacks were better off materially and economically during apartheid than an average politically free Zambian….because of the the support/sacrifice by Zambia, Africa and the rest of the world. Ask your Boer Professors (real professors not products of Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) like Mbangi) of the high quality of graduates from Zambia’s glorified high school that they have had the privilege to mentor or even employ.
If a man decides to come and kick a bucket at Sandton Medi-Clinic after been told his case is at best ‘palliative care’ is his business and actually a birth right.
Sarcasm aside, are you really supporting Xenophobia? If so, why?
mbangi Clearly your level of reasoning does not deserve a response from an educated mind. Dignifying your ignorance with a response is demeaning to humanity and an insult to man kind. Please find other platforms to advertise your ignorance. Clearly your levels of ignorance are beyond our imagination. Keep that ignorance on South African platforms. Not here! We don’t respond to animals.
Zambians living in South Africa, why not relocate back to your own country, Zambia . Why should you continue living on thorns in that country! You are not refuges why cling to the place where you are not assured of safety! Dear brothers and sisters swallow your pride and come back to Zambia. Most of the people in South Africa are still drowned with apartheid time when human life was not regarded as being important. But as Zambians, let’s avoid at all costs tit for tat
i think the devil is more happy when we attack each other,the real issue is the growth of sin amidst us,we cant go on like this,we all need each other but if we continue fighting and killing or belittling each other,WHAT DID OUR FOREFATHERS DIE FIGHTING FOR!!! Lets train our children to work hard in whatever they find to do which is right in Gods sight. Our hope for better tomorrow are our little ones,imagine if we all become evil minded towards each other,what will become of your child….evil knows no border of nations,one day your own child will deal with you so that he gets the freedom he wants……I pray for you all that God blesses and guides you all.