Clayson Monyela not impressed with SA crime rate comparison to Zimbabwe

Clayson Monyela

Cape Town – Department of international relations and co-operation (Dirco) spokesperson Clayson Monyela has criticised claims that South Africa’s crime rate “is on another level” and Zimbabwe is safer.

Al Jazeera journalist, Haru Mutasa caused a stir on Twitter after she suggested that Zimbabwe was safer compared to South Africa.

“Ouch, South Africans — there, I said it. Compared to Zimbabwe your crime is another level. Fight me all you want, you know I am right, but we still love you — our lovely neighbours across the border who wrongly believe the rest of Africa is invading them. Oops — I said that,” the Africa correspondent wrote on her Twitter page.

Monyela was not impressed by the statement.

“I’ll be a good diplomat and resist the temptation to ask you to produce credible stats in your country to back up this tweet. I’ll also not ask if some of your nationals are contributing to the ‘crime in SA’. Do better,” he reacted.


Other tweeps also weighed in and suggested that some Zimbabwean nationals were part of the country’s criminal issues.

This was not the first time Monyela came to SA’s defence where crime was concerned.

Earlier this month, he asked Eswatini government’s spokesperson, Alpheus Nxumalo to retract his statement “SA is infested with cancer of criminality”.

Nxumalo said this as he responded to claims made by former Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) secretary-general Godrich Gardee, linking Eswatini to the murder of his daughter, Hillary.  

Here are some reactions on Twitter on Mutasa’s statement on Twitter

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