Action SA National Spokesperson Lerato Ngobeni is blaming the government regarding what Operation Dudula is fighting for. Speaking on Metro FM Talk with Faith Mangope, she said, "All the blame should be at the hands of the state. They have failed and it's a fact, you can't blame Dudula." Leader of the Operation Dudula, Zandile Dabula, said, "The media has always painted us incorrectly.
"The term xenophobic is only used in South Africa while other countries do exactly what we are doing. South Africa is supposed to be a country that accommodates the whole continent because it's free for all. When other countries don't do that, which country have you heard that health care is free? No other country except South Africa.
"We have been labeled as inhumans. We have laws in this country; unfortunately, we have people that undermine those laws. The first thing that they do is to come to the country illegally, and they are taking advantage. We have school principals who are corrupt, collecting cash from the very same immigrants."