Diakonia Council of Churches told not to assist foreigners
Operation Dudula and The All Truck Drivers Forum have called on the Diakonia Council of Churches to stop supporting foreign nationals.
The groups have marched to the Diakonia Centre with a list of demands.
The centre in Durban is an inner-city facility with social cohesion and social justice tenants such as Black Sash, Lawyers for Human Rights and refugees social services.
Operation Dudula's Bheki Dzanibe says there's a reason why some business owners are hiring foreign nationals over South Africans.
"All these employers that are taking cheap labour they must face the consequence and music because there are laws in South Africa. Employers must stop employing cheap labour because cheap labour doesn't assist."
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Reverend Musa Zondi, who is the chairperson of the Diakonia Council, accepted and signed their memorandum.
"In the centre, we have orgainisations, other NGOs who hire space from our centre, who work with foreign nationals and assist them to get the right papers in terms of the United Nations charter.
"We as Diakonia Council of Churches and churches in general what we do, we do not discriminate against people when they are in distress we look after them."
Reverend Zondi says they've explained their position to the groups.
"We have invited them to set up a delegation of five so that they can meet an equivalent delegation from the leadership of Diakonia so that we can discuss in detail all what is in their memorandum and explain our position."
