‘Let’s document illegal immigrants’: Malema weighs in on Kempton Park killings

Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema says documenting undocumented migrants who are already in the country would solve many problems including resolving crimes committed by people whose fingers and DNA can’t be traced.

Malema said this as he launched the EFF’s manifesto for the 4 November local government elections at the Dr JL Dube Stadium in Inanda, north of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, on Saturday, 19 September.

MALEMA CALLS FOR DOCUMNENTATION OF UNDOCUMENTED MIGRANTS

Responding to a question about the discovery of nine women’s bodies in Ekurhuleni, Malema said undocumented migrants should be documented to help authorities trace people suspected of committing crimes.

The bodies have been discovered in areas including Kempton Park, Olifantsfontein, Kwa-Thema and Dawn Park since July. Police have established a multidisciplinary investigation and are examining whether there are links between the cases, but have not confirmed that the deaths were committed by one person or group.

“Let’s document them, so that we can trace them. When women get killed in Kempton Park and the police come and say the fingerprints found on those women can’t be traced anywhere, that’s where we have a problem.

“That’s why we must document them so that we can trace them. So we know this is who you are, your last address is this one, original country is this one, then we can trace you and hold you accountable.

“Even if you run into your country, there is an extradition, arrangements that can bring you back here to come and face the law,” he said.

Police have appealed to families with missing relatives to come forward as forensic teams work to identify the victims. By 18 September, some of the nine women had been publicly identified.