By Akani Nkuna
Businesses and shops in Pretoria’s CBD shut their doors on Tuesday as a March and March-led anti-illegal immigration protest swept through the inner city, with hundreds of demonstrators demanding the deportation of undocumented foreign nationals in South Africa.
March and March Tshwane convener Simon Malebe told Inside Politics the movement wants all undocumented foreign nationals deported, arguing that certain sectors of the economy — including street trading — should be reserved exclusively for South African citizens.
He said foreign nationals who enter the country legally and possess critical skills should, however, be welcomed.
“Foreign nationals commit a lot of crimes and cannot be traced. We are not xenophobic. Let them go back home and if a person comes here let them with the right documents, it will not be a problem. But only if they have got a critical skill, you cannot tell us selling tomatoes [in
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