March and March to Meet AfriForum: Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma Reveals Why

• March and March leader Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma announced plans to meet AfriForum on Tuesday to learn about its advocacy and institution-building strategies
• The anti-migrant movement made the announcement during a Durban march near the 46th SADC Summit venue, where it directed demands at regional leaders
• March and March has launched the SA First Forum, a non-profit litigation body it wants to model after AfriForum for black South Africans

SOUTH AFRICA - Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma, leader of the controversial anti-migrant movement March and March, has announced that her organisation will sit down with civil rights group AfriForum on Tuesday to explore how the Afrikaner-focused body raises funds, builds institutions, and advances legal activism.

Ngobese-Zuma made the announcement on Monday during a demonstration in Durban, where the movement marched near the venue of the 46th Southern African Development Community (SADC) Summit.

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Despite ideological differences, Ngobese-Zuma said March and March was willing to engage with any South African organisation it could learn from.

"We're working with anyone who's a South African. We work with them. AfriForum is South African. We're not against anyone because of their race," she said.

She was careful to draw a line between learning from AfriForum and endorsing everything it stands for.

"It doesn't mean that we're saying now we're going to be worshipping AfriForum. That's not what we're saying. We also told them that we disagree. But here we want to learn about the things that you are doing correctly for the people who are in your forum," she said.

Ngobese-Zuma said the movement was particularly interested in understanding how AfriForum finances projects such as universities and builds lasting institutions.

"So that's part of the SA First Forum, and that's the mission that we want. We want to come up with strategies and ways that they learn to finance things like universities. How do they build them, et cetera, et cetera," she said.

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SA First Forum to serve as legal arm for Black South Africans

Previously, Briefly News reported that the organisation launched SA First Forum, which Ngobese-Zuma previously described as "an AfriForum for black South Africans. According to Ngobese-Zumu, the body was registered as a non-profit entity and is intended to provide legal assistance to South Africans who cannot afford to fight for their rights.Ngobese-Zuma confirmed the forum's first case would challenge a South African Police Service circular that the organisation believes is unconstitutional.

Source: Briefly News