Calm has been restored to the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands town of Estcourt following sporadic incidents of looting on Friday that targeted shops owned by foreign nationals. Anti-illegal immigration movement March and March has appealed to its supporters for peace, restraint, and orderly behavior ahead of the June 30 deadline for undocumented immigrants to return to their home countries.
Anti-illegal immigration movement March and March founder Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma has appealed for peace and restraint following the sporadic looting of shops owned by foreign nationals in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands town of Estcourt on Friday.
In a message directed at supporters of the anti-illegal immigration movement, Ngobese-Zuma urged residents not to resort to criminality despite growing frustrations over illegal immigration.
“I know that you are angry, but do not give our detractors an advantage by looting. Because we do not want them (undocumented immigrants), let us remove them without fighting, looting, arson or violence. This is what they want, so that they can gain sympathy and make it appear as though we are harassing them, when it is they who are causing harm in our country. I am begging you to behave,” she said.
