Speaking ahead of planned nationwide marches on 30 June, the leader of South Africa’s anti-illegal immigrant group, March and March, has insisted that the movement is peaceful.
Addressing the media on Wednesday, Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma said that any potential lawlessness must be blamed on the failure of state policing and border control.
"If anyone wants to point a finger at someone who must take responsibility, start with those who allowed illegal immigration in the first place. Those are the ones who must take responsibility for anything that happens on the 30th,” she said.
The movement has imposed an end-of-the-month deadline for undocumented foreigners in the country to “self-deport”.
Its ultimatum has no legal backing but has already led thousands of people from other African nations including Ghana, Nigeria, Malawi, and Mozambique to flee.
