Ministers interdict March and March over looting fears!

Share current article via FacebookShare current article via PinterestShare current article via WhatsAppShare current article via TwitterShare current article via LinkedInNewsMinisters interdict March and March over looting fears!By: Rejoice Ndlovu • 17m agoAdd as a preferred source on GoogleFollow on Google NewsListen to this article-00:00lead-art-block.fullscreen-enterExpandMarch and March leader Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma and other group leaders are expected in the Durban High Court to respond to an interim interdict restricting their protests. Ngobese-Zuma says the government will not silence their campaign against illegal immigration. (Jabulani Langa) Court showdown looms as protest leader rejects government restrictionsAMID escalating tensions and deadly violence linked to anti-illegal immigration protests, the government has clamped down on the March and March movement in KwaZulu-Natal.

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Acting Police Minister Professor Firoz Cachalia and KZN Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi successfully sought an interim interdict restricting demonstrations in parts of the Durban CBD to prevent threats, assaults, looting, and arson.

Now, March and March leader Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma and other movement leaders are heading to the Durban High Court on Friday, 30 October, for a legal showdown over the restrictions.

The order heavily protects the Department of Home Affairs Refugee Reception Centre along Moore Road, which was allegedly at risk of being set alight following unconfirmed reports.

The crackdown follows violent incidents in both Johannesburg and Durban, including the killing of a foreign national last week.

Ngobese-Zuma is pushing back against the heavy police presence and the interdict itself, claiming it sets a dangerous precedent.

It’s going to set a bad precedent for the courts to interdict people without having heard their side of the story, and it’s scary that we live in a democracy where silencing people has become the first step instead of engaging them, she said.

Rejecting claims that her group is violent, she added: “It’s quite ridiculous that we are fighting for a cause that we, several times, explained what it’s about and what we wish to achieve with it, but the government still chooses a very strange approach that we don’t even understand why,” she said.

Pointing to the Refugee Centre, she noted: “When you go to Moore Road, there are police from almost every province, and the tactics they use is something we’ve never seen before,” she said.

The court outcome will determine the group’s future demonstrations.

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