Patriotic Alliance (PA) leader Gayton McKenzie and anti-illegal migration movement March and March leader Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma before the two organisations diverged on the issue of undocumented foreign nationals, with growing differences emerging over how the matter should be addressed.
Anti-illegal migration movement March and March has strongly criticised Patriotic Alliance (PA) leader Gayton McKenzie after he warned party members against participating in the organisation’s planned June 30 mobilisation and cautioned that any member involved in violence against foreign nationals would be expelled.
McKenzie also said he would not intervene on behalf of party members who are arrested during any protests linked to the campaign calling for undocumented foreign nationals to leave South Africa.
Responding to McKenzie’s remarks, March and March founder and leader Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma accused him of unfairly portraying the movement as violent and abandoning communities affected by illegal immigration.
Ngobese-Zuma cited the case of Teresa Nortje, a March and March member who is also a leader within the Patriotic Alliance.
