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‘We want Hitler’ heard at council meeting

During stormy debate in Johannesburg council another local politician threatened to wear a shirt with the face of the Nazi tyrant

March 17, 2025 16:44
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A Johannesburg councillor invoked Hitler during an anti-Israel tirade at a meeting of the city council
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A South African local politician was heard to say “We want Hitler” while another threatened to wear a shirt with the face of the Nazi dictator during a meeting of the Johannesburg city council.

Tebogo Nkonkou, a member of the mayoral committee of the council who represents the Pan Africanist Congress, interrupted a Jewish colleague with the remarks last Thursday.

He had taken offence at Democratic Alliance councillor Daniel Schay, who was wearing a yellow pin for the hostages, an Israel-themed tie and a laptop with the Israeli and South African flags.