Story audio is generated using AITshepo Mposula, an ActionSA councillor in the City of Johannesburg, has thrown his support behind Tuesday’s anti-illegal immigration march in Soweto, saying the campaign will continue until the government addresses what he describes as a growing crisis.Speaking ahead of the march to the Jabulani civic centre, where the United Business Confederation (UBC) was due to hand over a memorandum calling for stronger action against undocumented foreign nationals, Mposula said undocumented immigrants could not be properly monitored because they were not captured on government systems.JUNE 30 PROTESTS | ActionSA Joburg councillor, Tshepo Mposula, says the R600m government said it needed for security deployment for Tuesday’s march should be spent on strengthening the borders and tackling illegal immigration. For live updates, click link: https://t.co/DEAYDx4uVP pic.twitter.com/YLtNFoA4JM— Sowetan (@Sowetan1981) June 30, 2026
“We cannot detect them because they are not in our system. We don’t know who they are,” he said.Mposula said he supported the March and March movement’s campaign, adding organisers intended to continue staging demonstrations until government took action.“We are going to march and march until we win. We are going to be persistent. We are are going to continue applying pressure on the government and on illegal immigrants to ensure this crisis is resolved,” he said.The government should be addressing the issue of illegal migration instead of spending money policing South Africans— Tshepo Mposula, ActionSA councillor in the City of JohannesburgHe urged protesters to remain peaceful but warned some South Africans were becoming increasingly frustrated.“We have been urging South Africans to be peaceful in everything e are doing, but it is just a matter of time before people lose patience,” he said.Referring to businesses operated by undocumented foreign nationals, Mposula said some spaza shops owned by Pakistani nationals could be forced to close should marchers encounter them along the route to Jabulani Mall. He said undocumented foreign nationals should not continue operating businesses in the country.Mposula also criticised the government’s security deployment for the march, questioning reports that hundreds of millions had been allocated to policing the demonstrations.WATCH | Demonstrators are gathering at King Dinuzulu Park in the Durban CBD ahead of an anti-illegal immigration march. The march is set to begin at the park and proceed through the city’s CBD. pic.twitter.com/RTuV4IX03t— Business Day (@BDliveSA) June 30, 2026
