South African anti-immigration movement March and March has given the Mpumalanga provincial government seven days to address the issue of undocumented foreign nationals. The movement led a march against immigrants in Emalahleni.
The march was also supported by members of the movement from surrounding towns.
They submitted their memorandum to the local municipal offices which is addressed to Premier Mandla Ndlovu. A member of March and March, Njabulo Mbele elaborates on what their memorandum entails.
“Illegal foreigners are hijacking the buildings. There’s a high rate of drugs in South Africa, there’s prostitution around South Africa, our kids are learning bad things out of these people. We are raising those concerns because we want government to take accountability. People are running businesses that used to be run by our grandfathers and grandmothers. We want all the government stakeholders to make sure that they resolve this issue. People must go back to where they come from and apply. That’s all what we want. All people must have documents because these people you cannot trace them without documents.”
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