March and March Plans Return to Che Guevara Road Refugee Camp After Violent Clash

• March and March supporters descended on the Che Guevara Road Home Affairs Refugee Reception Office in Durban on Thursday
• The so-called 'clean-up' operation turned violent, with stones thrown and a police officer allegedly struck by a foreign national
• Movement leader Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma confirmed the group plans to return on Friday and made unverified claims about firearms at the site

DURBAN — March and March supporters are set to return to Che Guevara Road on Friday to continue a disputed "clean-up" operation outside the Home Affairs Refugee Reception Office.

This follows the violent scenes that unfolded at the site on Thursday, 3 September 2026.

March and March leader presses ahead

According to IOL, Movement leader Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma confirmed the group's intention to press ahead, citing frustration with what she described as authorities' failure to act against refugees who have set up a camp outside the office.

"We will never be abused in our own country, and we will never allow it to carry on," she said.

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Ngobese-Zuma also alleged that some foreign nationals at the site were in possession of firearms, and that police declined to search the tents following an alleged discharge incident, citing the need for a warrant. This allegation has not been independently verified.

She added that Thursday's decision to return was partly prompted by the alleged assault of one of the movement's members during the earlier operation.

Thursday's 'clean-up' descends into chaos

Roughly 100 March and March supporters arrived at the refugee camp on Thursday afternoon under the banner of a clean-up effort. Tensions escalated rapidly when marchers began handling belongings that were not theirs, prompting the confrontation that followed. Stones were allegedly thrown, and police were forced to intervene to separate the two groups.

KwaZulu-Natal police spokesperson Colonel Robert Netshiunda confirmed that officers were dealing with an alleged assault on a member of the police service. A case is being registered against a foreign national accused of striking an officer with a stone.

Netshiunda said police deployed sufficient resources and applied minimum, proportional crowd-control measures to bring the situation under control. "Calm has been restored," he said, adding that any individual found to have incited violence would face criminal consequences.

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Tensions remain high ahead of Friday

With March and March publicly committing to another visit on Friday, residents, foreign nationals, and law enforcement remain on alert around the Che Guevara Road site. The standoff centres on a long-running dispute about refugees sheltering outside the Home Affairs office, a situation that local community members have repeatedly complained about.

March and March leader says members were injured during the clash

Previously, Briefly News reported Jacinta Ngobese Zuma said at least 10 members of the anti-illegal immigration group March and March were injured during a confrontation with Congolese nationals in Durban on Thursday, 3 September 2026. Speaking after the chaos had died down, Ngobese-Zuma said members of the group had initially gone to the area to clean the street and alert police to conditions there. The situation deteriorated when migrants allegedly attacked one of her members. She also claimed that one foreign national had a firearm.

Source: Briefly News