March and March plans return to Che Guevara Road after refugee camp clash
March and March supporters clashed with refugees outside Durban’s Home Affairs office during a planned “clean-up” operation, prompting police intervention.
The anti-immigrant activist group March and March announced on Friday that they will resume their clean-up operation on Che Guevara Road, where confrontations with foreign nationals have escalated to violence. March and March spokesperson Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma alleged that a foreign national assaulted one of their members and discharged a firearm during a previous incident, despite the incident not being independently verified.
She criticized the South African Police Service for not removing the tents of the foreign nationals and not searching the encampment after the alleged firearm incident. Ngobese-Zuma demanded action against the refugees, alleging that they had been provoking and swearing at South Africans. The group's actions have been condemned by the Siyafana Sonke Action Campaign, which accused March and March of targeting documented African refugees and described the "clean-up" operation as dehumanizing.
The police spokesperson Colonel Robert Netshiunda stated that police are registering a case against a foreign national who allegedly assaulted a police officer during the confrontation. Both sides called for immediate protection and prosecution of any violent acts.
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