June 30 2026, 13:15Quiet roads, empty seats: taxi drivers feel impact of march fearsAs a peaceful anti-illegal immigration march proceeded in parts of Johannesburg on Tuesday, uncertainty about what the day might bring kept many commuters, workers and school pupils at home, leaving minibus taxi operators and scholar transport drivers with an unusually quiet morning.Transport operators said fear of possible disruptions had affected their livelihoods before the march even began.June 30 2026, 13.12pmWATCH | ‘R600m to protect illegal migrants instead of securing borders’: ActionSA councillorTshepo 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