Demonstrators carry placards calling for stricter action against illegal immigration during a march in Johannesburg.
Cape Town is set to see a series of protests targeting the employment of undocumented foreign nationals this weekend, as organisations calling for South Africans to be prioritised for jobs intensify mobilisation efforts in the Western Cape.
The planned actions come amid growing campaigns in several parts of the country, including KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng and the Eastern Cape, where community groups have staged demonstrations against undocumented foreign nationals and their access to jobs and public services.
In the Western Cape, March and March is expected to hold a protest in Bellville on May 23, while the Labour and Community Organisation (LACO) Western Cape will march to the Labour Court in Cape Town on May 22 in support of workers it says have faced suspensions, exploitation, racial discrimination and unfair labour practices.
LACO says the demonstration forms part of a broader campaign aimed at confronting what it describes as 'the growing use of undocumented African nationals as cheap labour in South Africa'.
