Mary Banda
34 posts


@daddyhope @eNCA This people think we can’t treat them like this in Nigeria
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Dear @eNCA,
I am deeply ashamed by the type of journalism displayed in this clip. As a trained journalist, and as a former eNCA journalist myself, I must say this is dangerous and highly questionable conduct, especially when a media crew is no longer merely documenting events, but appears to be facilitating or legitimising harassment.
There is a major difference between reporting on an incident and becoming part of the theatre of intimidation.
If a legal migrant is being surrounded, threatened or humiliated by a vigilante group, the role of journalists should be to document what is happening accurately, safely and fairly, while remaining conscious that the vulnerable person may already be under pressure or fear.
Once a crew starts staging interactions, shoving microphones into faces in a way that amplifies intimidation, or giving a vigilante leader a platform without challenge or context, you cross from journalism into participation.
It becomes even more problematic in South Africa, where xenophobic violence has previously led to deaths, displacement and mob attacks against African migrants, including Nigerians, Zimbabweans, Somalis and others, many of whom were legally documented, just like this man appears to be.
Media coverage in such contexts requires extreme caution because images and narratives can inflame public hostility.
Journalists can and should interview all sides, including controversial or vigilante figures, because journalism often requires engaging difficult voices. But ethical reporting also requires balance, context and humanity. A migrant should not be turned into a spectacle while the aggressor is normalised as an authority figure.
Your crew should have avoided creating conditions where the victim felt cornered, exposed or endangered simply because cameras were present, with microphones repeatedly shoved between him and the aggressor.
I am deeply embarrassed by the conduct of this eNCA crew. You should be ashamed of this type of journalism.
This is precisely the kind of irresponsible media conduct that has historically inflamed violence in societies under tension. Journalists must never become participants in intimidation campaigns.
In this clip, you are no longer acting as observers. You become actors within the confrontation itself, helping create a public theatre where a man who is legally in your country is harassed by an ignorant vigilante who does not even understand the law governing immigration and business ownership.
A documented immigrant in South Africa has the legal right to start a business unless the conditions of their visa explicitly prohibit it. That is the law.
Journalism must expose intimidation, not become the microphone of xenophobic vigilantism.
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@SimaroNgongoMba Abeg let’s stop testing women with money.why will u have such a money and allow a woman u claim to love to suffer.
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@Ariwodo_ She was obviously trying to defend herself.u see why I said our men don’t deserve kindness
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🚨 HERO PUNISHED FOR DOING THE RIGHT THING
A brave man risked his own life to save a young girl after she fell from a moving car — a split-second act of courage that could have ended in tragedy. Instead of gratitude, he was hit with a $300,000 lawsuit by the child’s parents. 😳
This is the kind of insanity that makes good people afraid to step in and help. When heroism is rewarded with lawsuits, society loses something far more valuable than money. 🇺🇸⚖️
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@streetbrawls97 He should go to jail stupid man.violence is not the way
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@iMessaage_ Why are people so stubborn.the security guard is doing his job
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@willinilli024 The question is why was the car running from the police.police have every right to chase anyone who is refusing to stop.u are not better than bandits
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@susylicious2023 This is why u don’t stick by any man.this men wan to use women but wan women not
To use them.don’t go and make it in life on ur own and be waiting for a woman to help u
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@Ednaldo40916743 This was why it is wrong to hit a woman bcs a man’s strength can harm a woman .u don’t use such energy to hit a woman
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CONTEÚDO ADULTO E SENÍVEL : * Uma discussão entre um policial e a companheira na cidade de Malolos, na província de Bulacan, nas Filipinas, terminou em agressões físicas. Nas imagens, a mulher aparece agredindo o homem com tapas durante a briga. Logo em seguida, o policial reage com socos e a mulher acaba caindo no chão após ser atingida. Segundo informações divulgadas pela Polícia de Malolos, a discussão teria começado após um desentendimento envolvendo o compartilhamento de localização. A Polícia Nacional das Filipinas (PNP) informou que o agente envolvido foi afastado do cargo enquanto as investigações continuam. Segundo o general José Melencio C. Nartatez Jr., o policial foi colocado sob custódia restritiva e teve as armas recolhidas pelas autoridades. A corporação informou ainda que processos administrativos e criminais foram abertos contra o policial com base na Lei Anti-Violência Contra Mulheres e Seus Filhos (RA 9262).
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@dammiedammie35 Vdm na mumu bcs who votes in primary elections
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Verydarkman sends a strong messsge to Cubana CP and Peller 🧎🏻♂️➡️
“Cubana chief priest, this is why it's a good thing that you lost the election. imagine going into the House of Reps with d!sgust!ng mindset that the poor should never have a voice. A self acclaimed politician saying the people that are against him don't have Gwagon . Na why you get 14 votes because the people when vote for you na the only 14 people with Gwagon for orlu. and as for Peller, this is the second time you are trolling the same cloth that you were cut from, be very careful on this route, it bvrns”
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@Destiny_kayonwe You see why I don’t feel sorry for men.see how they do nothing while a man beats a woman.this is how thy support a fellow man but tomorrow will gather to say women are bad when d table turns
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This one is seeing red fl@g. She will not "leave al!ve now. Tomorrow now the sisterhood will demand for justice for her.
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@susylicious2023 It doesn’t still prove she is cheating.e Dey sweet me say men Dey suffer cheating too.
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@MaryBanda56 @ChuksEricE You sabi watch film, I will be your first follower 😁
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@MaryBanda56 @ChuksEricE I love the man swear e no even wait e rush am
Straight
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@General_Somto And he was busy laughing and gisting with them.thy were even showing him gun. Well done
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“Terror!sts Took My WhatsApp Number From My Facebook And Video Called Me Yesterday To Say This….”~ D English Alhaji Says As He Shares His Call Conversation With B@nd!ts👀
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“Please Nigerians don’t use me to f!ght VeryDarkMan on social media. I am on my own lane and I have issues with nobody online. The only people I have issues with are terrørists and their sympathizers in Nigeria, because they have caused a lot of pain to families, the military, Police, DSS, and others. I saw people saying I should be investigated for the video I posted yesterday. These same people have never, for one day, called for the investigation of Sheikh Gumi.”
— D English Alhaji reacts after calls for investigation over his video call with båndits.
CHUKS 🍥@ChuksEricE
“Terrør!sts took my WhatsApp number from my FB and video called me yesterday. My heart almost left my body.”🤯🙆 -D English Alhaji says as he shares his call conversation with bånd!ts.
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