Wilson Chipangura, Guest Reporter
South African rapper Nota Baloyi, real name Nhlamulo Baloyi has castigated Zimbabweans in his country for lack of unity after failing to stand for the late xenophobia victim Elvis Nyathi.
“There is no brotherly love for one another. When Elvis Nyathi died, it was South African organisations which organised,” Baloyi charged.
Baloyi who was speaking during The Hustlers Corner Podcast with DJ Sibu had no kind words for ‘spineless’ Zimbabweans who have chosen selfish ambitions over uniting for a common purpose.
“They (Zimbabweans) couldn’t even organise that march. If you can take all Zimbabweans working in South Africa and you want to stand up and say one of our own is not going to be killed like a dog. We are going to march. We would have seen a march.
“They saw one of their brothers being killed and they did nothing. And for me, they have lost their humanity.”
“They have lost all hope in humanity. The corruption in that country has made the people turn against each other. There is no one who is going to stand up and say ‘I’m going to defend my fellow citizens.
“Why is it there is no Zimbabwean organization that is advocating for the people that were affected in Diepsloot? It’s not. It’s South African organizations, it’s other people and Europeans,” he said.
The outspoken South African rapper who is married to Zimbabwean-born Afro soul singer Gugulethu Khumalo, professionally known as Berita castigated Zimbabwe’s richest man Strive Masiyiwa for deciding to live abroad while casting a blind eye on the crisis facing his country.
Baloyi said he has no respect for the United Kingdom based Masiyiwa who is supposed to stay in his country like South African billionaire Patrice Mostepe.
Nota Baloyi, however, praised corruption fighter Hopewell Chin’ono who is fighting the Zanu PF government tooth and nail on the ground.
“Where are their own people speaking on their behalf? A guy like Hopewell Chin’ono, I respect him because he still has that humanity. He is still going to his country. He is still farming.
“There are people out there in the world. Its people have said ‘we are giving up this country’. They are fighting to get citizenship in other countries,” Baloyi said.
