Refugees must live in refugee camps – Lekota
It was meant to be a briefing on the budgets passed by DA-led coalitions in various metros across the country. Instead, the focus turned to foreign nationals.
Cope leader Mosiuoa Lekota told journalists a coalition made up of opposition parties deserves power at both provincial and national level to control the number of people being allowed into South Africa.
"Government, at national [level], is allowing people to flood South Africa. Most people occupying the buildings are people coming from outside the country," Lekota, who was one of the coalition leaders at the briefing, remarked.
The Cope leader said the DA-led coalition government in the City of Johannesburg was working towards cleaning up old, disused buildings in the inner city so people can move there to be closer to opportunities within the city centre.
"We are not xenophobic," Lekota quickly declared before complaining about the influx of foreign nationals and its impact in the country.