Jacinta Ngobese Zuma Shares Plans for Upcoming March, Outlines What South Africans Should Do
- March and March leader Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma urged South Africans to use Thursday's action day to accompany police to drug dens and workplaces hiring undocumented migrants
- The announcement reframed the planned Thursday march as an active community enforcement exercise beyond a simple protest walk
- March and March has campaigned for stricter immigration enforcement, stronger border controls, and the removal of undocumented migrants from South Africa
Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma, the face of South Africa's March and March anti-illegal immigration movement, has notified communities across the country about plans ahead of the next march on Thursday, July 10.
She said Thursday's march will be aimed at actively assisting the police in locating drug dens and workplaces suspected of employing undocumented migrants.
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She urged residents to first gather at their local police stations, then accompany officers to sites believed to be harbouring illegal activity linked to undocumented migration.
"Thursday is not just a March but a day for communities to gather and go to the Police Stations, fetch the Police and take them to drug dens and places where employers are hiring illegal immigrants," she wrote.
Undocumented migrants in South Africa
March and March has built its campaign around several key demands such as the removal of undocumented migrants from South Africa, tighter border security, firm government action against illegal immigration, and a comprehensive review of how immigration laws are enforced.
Ngobese-Zuma has consistently maintained that the movement targets illegal immigration specifically and is not directed at foreign nationals as a whole.
She argues that unchecked undocumented migration places unsustainable pressure on South Africa's already strained job market, housing supply, healthcare system, and public infrastructure.
March and March campaign
The campaign has drawn sharply divided responses from South Africans.
Those who back the movement point to widespread frustration over unemployment and the perceived strain on public services, arguing the government has failed to act decisively on immigration enforcement.
Critics, however, warn that singling out migrants as a cause of the country's difficulties risks stoking xenophobia and endangering vulnerable communities who have fled hardship elsewhere on the continent.
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They caution that community-led enforcement actions, if poorly managed, could escalate into violence against foreign nationals regardless of their legal status.
The Thursday call to action marks a notable shift in tone for the movement, moving from organised marches to what Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma is framing as active civic participation alongside law enforcement.
Below is the X post by Jacinta Zuma on the planned march:
Jacinta blasts Africans who rooted for Mexico
Earlier, YEN.com.gh reported that Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma slammed other Africans who supported Mexico against her country during the World Cup.
Bafana Bafana lost 2-0 to co-hosts Mexico at the Estadio Azteca on Thursday, June 11, in the opening game of the 2026 tournament.
The March and March leader noted that those Africans who supported Mexico had neither become Mexicans nor had their countries fixed.
Jacinta described the Africans who supported Mexico against Bafana Bafana as people from underdeveloped countries.
Source: YEN.com.gh
