Staff Reporter
KwaZulu-Natal police said late on Thursday that meetings with some of the organisers of the June 30 anti-illegal immigration marches in the province had led to an “understanding” that there will be no violence, criminality or looting in KZN on the day and after, as government scrambles to avoid a repeat of the July 2021 unrest.
The talks followed an earlier dispute between March and March and eThekwini Municipality over proposed protest routes for the day.
March and March founder Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma accused the municipality of attempting to block the organisation’s protest on that day, saying officials had told organisers the march posed a “national security threat”.
March and March said it had complied with the Regulation of Gatherings Act, accepted route changes proposed during consultations with law enforcement, and asked the city for written reasons and any security assessment relied on to stop the march.
Metro Police
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