“I Will Gladly Die For My People”
Nhlanhla “Lux” Mohlauli, the leader of the anti-foreigner group Operation Dudula, declared on Monday that he will not be regretful if he is killed for his ideology.
“All of us know where drugs are sold. There are some saying Lux won’t spend two weeks outside, he will be shot. I will be the happiest person underground,” Mohlauli said while addressing a crowd of supporters shortly after his release from custody.
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“If I die for my people, you should know that this is the happiest man. I will be a dead man who is alive because I would have died for my nation.
“I will be sitting next to Chris Hani and Steve Biko and telling them that I have left others behind, like Cosas [the Congress of South African Students]. They would have killed me, not the revolution.”
The Roodepoort Magistrate’s Court released Mohlauli on R1 500 bail on Monday. Several supporters gathered outside the court and at the Johannesburg central police station, where Mohlauli had been held since last week.
The court ordered the leader of Operation Dudula to avoid any communication and contact with the complainant, Victor Ramerafe, as part of his release conditions. Mohlauli was also told not to change his address and to hand over his passport to the investigating officer.
During Mohlauli’s appearance in the Roodepoort Magistrate’s Court, a large number of police officers, including members of the public order policing section, were stationed there.
Outside of court, Mohlauli addressed his fans, urging them not to hate or be harsh with members of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF).
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Some fans pulled up a homemade coffin with a photo of EFF leader Julius Malema during his speech. “RIP Juju,” was written on the coffin.
Tearing away the picture of Malema from the coffin, Mohlauli retorted: “I want to also address what you are seeing here. This thing is nonsense. Please take this thing [the coffin] down and let me clarify why I say this thing is nonsense. The weakness of our people is not our strength. These people who have led us to this position, it is their weakness.
“These people should benefit from our leadership too. We must not kill these people who have brought us here. We are not going to be carrying caskets and saying Malema must die. We are better people than them.
“Already they were on a stage, saying Nhlanhla Lux must die … I am not even going to open a case because I have meditated enough with my ancestors and I got a message that those are our people.”
