Jacinta Ngobese Zuma Shares Plans for Upcoming March, Outlines What South Africans Should Do
- Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma urged South Africans to use Thursday's action day to accompany police to drug dens and workplaces hiring undocumented migrants
- The anti-immigrant movement leader's announcement reframed the planned Thursday march as becoming more of an active community enforcement exercise
- 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-immigration movement, has notified communities across the country about plans ahead of the next march on July 9.
The controversial figure said that Thursday's march would 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.
March and March targeting undocumented migrants in SA
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 has argued that unchecked undocumented migration places unsustainable pressure on South Africa's already strained job market, housing supply, healthcare system, and public infrastructure.
Below is the X post by Jacinta Zuma on what is envisioned for the first planned Thursday march on July 9:
Anti-migrant activism under sharp scrutiny
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 cautioned 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.
Jacinta blasts Africans who rooted for Mexico
Earlier, YEN.com.gh reported that Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma had slammed other Africans who supported Mexico against her country during the 2026 World Cup.
Bafana Bafana lost 2-0 to co-hosts Mexico at the Estadio Azteca on June 11, in the opening game of the 2026 tournament, with many celebrating the outcome.
The March and March leader fired back, saying Africans who supported Mexico had neither become citizens of the country nor had their own countries fixed.
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Source: YEN.com.gh
