March and March movement slams incitement to commit violence charges

The leader of the March and March movement, Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma

Lobby group March and March movement says it is disappointing that the state has chosen to lay a charge of incitement to commit violence against its founder, Jacintha Ngobese-Zuma, rather than deal with the issues at hand.

Organisations including the March and March movement, Operation Dudula and the uMkhonto weSizwe Party have been charged.

Attorney Xolani Zuma says, “It is quite concerning, though, that post-1994 there is still these gimmicks that are implemented at least by the state against innocent citizens. Where we are standing here, there is about 27 buildings that are hijacked by God knows who, and the vast majority of those people are illegal immigrants. The question is what kind of state is this? But those are issues that we will be dealing with in court.”

March and March movement founder Jacintha Ngobese-Zuma has denied any wrongdoing in leading the protests outside Durban’s Addington Primary School in Durban.

Zuma says, “So the process is that they are going to take her fingerprints and everything. They are going to issue basically what we call a warning statement. The case is going to be then referred to the NPA for a decision. So the management of the NPA will decide if there’s a case. If there’s a case they will prosecute. If there isn’t a case, they will then throw the docket away.”

Meanwhile, Ngobese-Zuma has accused police of using stun grenades and a water cannon to disperse protesters last Friday.

“If standing outside a school picketing and demanding for the rights of South Africans to be protected is instigating violence … if that is what they call it, then I call on the whole country to be very violent.”

“If standing in front of a gate and saying at the moment 26 children are sitting at home because they don’t have money to go to school, if me standing up and saying that is wrong … is instigating violence, then I’m instigating violence. Yebo! Amandala! Awethu! Amandla! Awethu! Viva!”