March and March to continue ‘until they are gone’
Leader of the March and March movement, Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma, said that South Africans should expect a massive shutdown within the next three months.
LAW enforcement maintained a commanding presence during the planned protest against undocumented immigrants by March and March on June 30.
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From as early as 03:00, police were deployed to hotspots across KZN to monitor the situation as it unfolded throughout the day. Marchers officially gathered and got underway with protests at about 10:00.
It remained quiet in Amanzimtoti, however more than 100 protesters participated in the Isipingo CBD.
According to Karyn Hana, spokesperson for City South Security, security companies were requested by organisers of March and March to step back from the protest action.
“Protesters reported feeling intimidated by the heavy presence of private security,” said Hana.
March and March movement leader, Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma, announced that weekly marches will continue for the next six months.
She dismissed suggestions that the action was intended to be a national shutdown and instead described it as the beginning of a sustained nationwide campaign.
Ngobese-Zuma said supporters will take to the streets every Thursday over the next six months.
“Every Thursday, for the next six months we are marching until they are gone,” she told thousands in Durban.
She said South Africans should expect what she described as a “massive shutdown” within the next three months.
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