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  • 2021-10-29 (xsd:date)
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  • Zulu people protesting ‘mandatory’ vaccines? No, video of Heritage Day celebration – and Covid shot optional in South Africa (en)
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  • The Zulu come out strongly to reject mandatory vaccines, reads a tweet posted on 26 September 2021. It includes a TikTok video of people in traditional Zulu dress marching down a street and chanting. Text over the clip reads : The Zulu come out to strongly reject mandatory vax, with an emoji of the South African flag. The Zulu come out strongly to reject mandatory vaccines. 🔴🔴🔴 BREAKING NEWS AND VIDEOS @LIVANDU ================== 📅 Channel: @LIVANDU 📅 Chat: @LIVANDUchat pic.twitter.com/NMEPI9FURU — Leo_Davinci 🇲🇽♊♎ (@mexicano_001) September 26, 2021 The Zulu are the largest ethnic group in South Africa and isiZulu the most widely spoken language. Does the video show Zulu people protesting mandatory vaccination in South Africa? We checked. No ‘battle cry’ – Heritage Day celebration The video first appeared on TikTok with the caption : Battle Cry! Our medicine is not made in a lab! Plants heal us! But while the video is real, it doesn’t show a protest against mandatory vaccination. The original video was posted on Twitter by Siphamandla Gorge , a journalist for South African news outlet eNCA , on 24 September. Here its caption reads: #heritageday2021 More Amabutho nezintombi arrive KwaDukuza to commemorate uMkhosi weLembe. AmaZulu King, MisuZulu KaZwelithini is set to address this year's commemoration. There is no text over the original video. #heritageday2021 More Amabutho nezintombi arrive KwaDukuza to commemorate uMkhosi weLembe. AmaZulu King, MisuZulu KaZwelithini is set to address this year's commemmoration. #eNCA pic.twitter.com/mn76Pm7jZB — Siphamandla Goge (@SiphamandlaGoge) September 24, 2021 Heritage Day , 24 September, is a public holiday that celebrates South Africans’ diverse cultural heritage. The country has 11 official languages . In KwaZulu-Natal province the holiday is celebrated as Shaka’s Day , as 24 September is believed to be close to the time that Zulu king Shaka Zulu died. Shaka Zulu was a conqueror credited for bringing the Zulu kingdom together. Vaccines not mandatory in South Africa South Africa’s Covid-19 vaccine programme currently includes the Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer jabs. South Africa’s government has not made vaccination mandatory. Some businesses have opted to insist that employees are vaccinated against the disease. (en)
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