Cachalia walks Durban CBD as 14 burnt-out vehicles are removed after anti-immigration protest
Police removed 14 burnt-out vehicles after Durban’s anti-immigration protest as Acting Minister Firoz Cachalia assessed security.
Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia toured Durban's Central Business District on Thursday, following an anti-immigration protest that left 14 burnt-out vehicles in its wake. The minister, along with KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thami Ntuli, Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, and Acting Provincial Commissioner Major-General Phumelele Makoba, conducted a walkabout to evaluate the security situation.
The vehicles, which varied in make, were abandoned on Dr Pixley KaSeme Street overnight after protesters gathered in the CBD for a march. The Durban Metro Police were responsible for removing the vehicles. The incident occurred in the midst of ongoing unrest, which began when demonstrators blocked access to the Refugee Reception Centre on Che Guevara Road, prompting asylum seekers to be dispersed from the area.
The protests, linked to the March and March Movement, were fueled by the Constitutional Court's decision on July 7 in the Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town matter. The court ruled that asylum seekers could not be excluded from the application process based on procedural grounds, such as irregular entry into South Africa. Home Affairs subsequently issued a directive on September 28 to implement the ruling, intensifying pressure on refugee reception offices.
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