March in Port Shepstone focuses on rights
Chairperson of Grasping Hands Community Movement Sabelo Cele said the reason for the march was because of complaints received.
Grasping Hands Community Movement, a group that fights for people’s rights marched to different departments in Port Shepstone to hand over memorandums last Thursday.
The group handed over memos to the Department of Home Affairs, Saps, Department of Labour, CCMA and Ray Nkonyeni Municipality (RNM).
Chairperson for the movement, Sabelo Cele, said the reason they marched to these departments is because of the complaints that they have received from residents.
“With Home Affairs, we have a case where an illegal foreigner either has an identity document of a person who has died or shares the same ID number with a South African, we do not understand how this happened. We therefore ask Home Affairs and Saps to investigate and to find the people involved because we believe that it’s people within the department.”
Cele said that they also had complaints about the Department of Labour, however, after complaints are filed people are then fired by their employers.
“This shows that there is a lack of confidentiality which
leads to people losing their jobs. Another issue is about illegal foreigners working in companies. Also, with RNM we have issues of business permits as there are undocumented people in Port Shepstone CBD with shops, but when a South African needs a permit there is always a problem of obtaining one from the municipality.”
Memorandums were accepted by the manager of Home Affairs, Nkosentsha Ntshangase; Simon April on behalf of RNM and Captain Cecil Kodi on behalf of Port Shepstone Saps.
Cele said that they have given the departments 14 days to respond.
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