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[FILE IMAGE] Members of the March and March organisation
Members of the March and March movement say the government should take responsibility for what they describe as the slow progress in tackling illegal immigration in the country.
Hundreds of people have joined the lobby group in another anti-undocumented immigration march in KwaZulu-Natal.
The movement has taken its demonstration to Pinetown, west of Durban.
March and March member Ngcebo Mhlongo says the organisation’s protests are making progress, but added that greater effort is still required from the government.
“There is slow progress we have seen at YMCA, others leaving, and we have also marched a lot. We are tired of marching. I can’t recall the number of marches we have had repeating the same thing. We can see that the government doesn’t want to hear us, but because there has been a deadline set for the 30th of June 2026, those without legal documents to be in the country must leave. We hope that by the 30th of June 2026, they will be gone as they’ve been leaving bit by bit slowly,” he says.
WATCH | Pinetown residents are voicing frustrations over the presence of foreign nationals in their communities as they join a march led by civil organisations, political parties, and lobby group March and March. pic.twitter.com/hN536yY6h8
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Meanwhile, police and private security companies have been deployed to monitor the march.
Jan Maré from Marshall Security says they will assist the police in maintaining law and order during the demonstration.
“I think our main focus here is that everybody has a right to be heard. What we want this entire march to remain peaceful business operations in this present need to be maintained. We cannot interrupt the business continuity, and most importantly, we want this to be done peacefully with zero interruptions, no loss of life and no violence.”
Anti-migrant pressure group Operation Dudula says, although it understands that some businesses could be affected by the planned march against illegal foreign nationals in Pinetown, the group believes it has an important message to convey.
The organisation’s KwaZulu-Natal deputy coordinator, Sikhulile Blose, says the group remains resolute in its call for undocumented immigrants to leave the country.
“Our aim is that the march will be peaceful. We have a point to prove, we have a message to send to the community and to the leaders of the country, so we want them to hear us.”
VIDEO | Civic organisations and political parties join in on marches in Durban
