Operation Dudulas mission to march to the offices of the Socio-Economic Rights Institute Seri and hand over a memorandum to the civil society organisation fell flat on Thursday, 17 July, when the anti-migrant group was confronted by several rights groups that had gathered outside Seris offices.
The anti-migrant group descended on the office in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, accusing the organisation of being unpatriotic and protecting undocumented migrants who they deem to be criminals by providing them with legal support. It accused the South African Human Rights Commission and the Helen Suzman Foundation of doing the same.
However, as Operation Dudula marched from Mary Fitzgerald Square to Nzunza House, where the Seri offices are located, several civil society organisations gathered outside the building in a show of solidarity with the rights organisation.