Durban – March and March leader Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma says the group’s nationwide protests against undocumented foreign nationals have eased pressure on public services, claiming more than 70,000 undocumented migrants have been repatriated.
Addressing the media in Durban, Ngobese-Zuma said the repatriations had followed heightened tensions and protests over illegal immigration.
She also claimed the large-scale removals had contributed to a decline in crime.
She argued that “many children of illegal immigrants have left the country with their parents, paving a way for South African children to access basic education,” adding that the group had previously protested outside Addington Primary School over school overcrowding.
WATCH | March and March founder Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma says crime has declined since the June 30 protests against undocumented migrants. She adds that some Somali, Pakistani, Ethiopian and Nigerian nationals are refusing to leave. pic.twitter.com/Wt88tA31Mj
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Ngobese-Zuma further claimed that “thousands of immigrants who abused our healthcare facilities have also left the country,” saying this had “saved government millions in expenditure for medication, surgeries, clinics and hospital admissions.”
She said that, as a result, “many South African lives have been saved.”
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Compiled by Betha Madhomu
