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Fikile plays the race card Always one to grab the main chance ANC Secretary General Fikile Mbalula has sussed out that Operation Dudula, and its supporting political parties, are lining up a lot of votes for the next election by declaring war on foreigners. Only South African nationals should be allowed to run Spaza shops he trumpeted in Pietermaritzburg at a memorial lecture in honour of Inkosi Mhlabunzima Maphumulo. According to the official eulogy to Inkosi Maphumulo, issued by the Presidency, the venerable freedom fighter as renowned for his love of peace and tolerance, so the great man may well have turned in his grave as Fikile spouted his populist paens. Noting that the former president of Contralesa, who was assassinated in 1991 during the Nkatha-ANC wars, Fikile noted, “he abhorred violence, he wanted development and reconciliation amongst our people.”  According to Independent Online, he then went on to say: “Our country is full of Pakistanis and that is a problem.” He added