By Johnathan Paoli
The Justice, Crime Prevention and Security cluster has urged organisers of anti-immigration protests to notify authorities before marches, as government moves to contain fears of unrest ahead of a 30 June deadline set by activists for undocumented foreign nationals to leave South Africa, or be forced to leave.
Justice Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi, who chairs the cluster, said on Monday that South Africans had a constitutional right to protest but that organisers had a duty to notify authorities so that police could secure demonstrations and protect citizens and lawful migrants.
Briefing reporters at the Union Buildings in Tshwane, Kubayi said the government had met political parties, civic groups and organisations involved in recent demonstrations over undocumented foreign nationals after protests that began in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng spread to other provinces and increasingly turned aggressive.
“[South Africans] have the right to hold protests. But we are appealing to them
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