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By Vernon Mchunu 
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Durban – The ANC in KwaZulu-Natal said on Tuesday it would meet with an eThekwini ANC councilor following his controversial statements blaming the new 5G network for the current deadly second wave of Covid-19 infections and calling for removal. immediate of its towers.
District 24 Councilor Sfiso Mngadi stood firm Tuesday that his message contained no malicious intent, but was a desperate and proactive measure to save people’s lives.
Mngadi said that the 5G towers may be transmitting electromagnetic waves that may be responsible for the current exponential increase in “so-called Covid-19 related deaths” and called for the towers to be removed.
ANC provincial spokesman Nhlakanipho Ntombela said the provincial leadership would meet with Mngadi to explain the source of his remarks.
“The ANC distances itself from this.
“In fact, starting this Saturday, we have met with all MPL and MP asking them to address the grassroots level of our people to raise awareness that the coronavirus is killing people,” Ntombela said.
“All the ANC branches in the 11 regions of the province, which includes councilors, will come out to warn people to take security measures seriously.
“We oppose conspiracy theories of any kind that seek to undermine the work that the government is doing to save lives,” he said, speaking on his way from a funeral for “a young man who died a crown after graduating from college.” . ”.
EThekwini spokeswoman Weziwe Thusi, who is responsible for the councilors’ behavior, said she would investigate the allegations, starting with a one-on-one meeting with Mngadi today.
“It is a pity that a leader of society can demonstrate so much ignorance about technological advances in our country and spread lies,” Thusi said.
DA leader Nicole Graham said the official opposition party had lodged a formal complaint with Thusi.
“As ridiculous as this (Mngadi statements) sounds, it is dangerous to have someone in a position of public leadership and influence spreading this kind of nonsense,” Graham said.
“The neighborhood Mngadi represents is part Westville (predominantly white) and part Chesterville (African), so spreading racially divisive rhetoric that whites somehow got a vaccine in the Pavilion is also incredibly irresponsible.” he added.
In a voice memo clip, which Mngadi told The Mercury was a recording during an informal meeting with some ANC councilors, he says a truckload of vaccines was distributed to whites.
Mngadi claims in the voice memo that whites have been given vaccines against the virus, because it was being deliberately spread to wipe out the majority African population.
Furthermore, he claims in the voice memo that 5G towers were spreading the virus.
“Let’s have our IT, disaster management and electrical departments pinpoint the location of these towers.
“They must get them out. If they don’t, we will get people to uproot them.
“They have been eliminated in other countries of the world, we can also do it”, Mngadi
IFP leader Mdu Nkosi said that while it was difficult to comment on Mngadi’s comments as there was no scientific research to back it up, he said more investigation into the allegations is required.
“As IFP, we are part of the national command council. We will wait for the IFP to give us an address on whether there is any cause for panic about these towers.
“The president is sitting on that council.
“Is Mngadi saying that the president and the ANC are selling out to South Africans?
“But maybe more research needs to be done so there is no panic among people,” he said.
Mayor Mxolisi Kaunda, who the city said Tuesday had tested positive for Covid-19 but was in good health and isolated at home, avoided responding directly to Mngadi’s comments, but issued a statement that was clearly scheduled to address Mngadi’s statement.
He warned that “those who continue to sell conspiracy theories about the pandemic, desist from spreading disinformation because (doing so) goes against accepted protocols in the fight against the virus.”
“We continue to be guided by science as recommended by the health department.
“It is unfortunate that some people are spreading false information about the installation of 5G and linking it to the spread of Covid-19 in the city,” he said.
KZN Prime Minister Sihle Zikalala was present last month at the launch of the 5G Vodacom network in the province.
On Tuesday, Zikalala was not drawn to the details of Mngadi’s comments.
“The province is inspired by the national command council, which is guided by science in its response to the pandemic.
“There has been no scientific information that (points out the dangers of installing the 5G network),” said spokesperson Thami Ngidi.
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