March and March criticises Minister McKenzie over June 30 protest warning

Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma of March and March accuses Minister Gayton McKenzie of fearmongering ahead of planned protests.

Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma, leader of the anti-immigrant group March and March, has launched a scathing attack on Patriotic Alliance (PA) president and Minister of Sport, Arts, and Culture, Gayton McKenzie, accusing him of "fearmongering" and abandoning the very constituency that propelled him into political prominence.

The war of words follows a fiery Facebook Live address by McKenzie, in which he strictly ordered PA members to distance themselves from the upcoming June 30 demonstrations organised by March and March.

McKenzie warned that any party member caught participating in vigilante acts or assaulting undocumented foreign nationals would face immediate expulsion, stating bluntly: “We want nothing to do with March and March... I am not a leader who wants to be fashionable like [ActionSA leader Herman] Mashaba by leading my people to jail.”

Responding to the minister, Ngobese-Zuma accused McKenzie of political amnesia and selective silence.