SAPS Will Not Allocate Extra Budget for 30 September Anti-Migrant Protests
- Deputy National Police Commissioner Tebello Mosikili confirmed SAPS will rely on baseline operational funds to police the planned 30 September demonstrations
- Mosikili disputed foreign media reports on the death toll from earlier anti-immigrant marches, citing official police figures
- Active investigations into fatalities from previous protests remain ongoing, with arrests already made across both South Africans and foreign nationals
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SOUTH AFRICA — The South African Police Service will not set aside a dedicated budget to police the mass demonstration planned by the anti-immigrant movement March and March on 30 September, Deputy National Police Commissioner Tebello Mosikili confirmed on 8 September 2026.
According to Eyewitness News, Mosikili made the announcement during a government media briefing focused on migration measures, stating that existing operational baseline funds would be sufficient to manage the planned protests. She indicated that standard law enforcement procedures would govern the policing of ongoing demonstrations across the country, ruling out any special financial allocation despite the scale of the mobilisation.
No special budget for 30 September protests
The 30 September demonstration is being driven by groups demanding the deportation of undocumented foreign nationals. Mosikili's confirmation that no additional resources would be ring-fenced signals that authorities view the event as manageable within current policing capacity.
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Death toll dispute and ongoing investigations
At the same briefing, Mosikili pushed back against reports by international media outlets that claimed 10 foreign nationals died during anti-immigrant demonstrations held earlier this year. Police records, she said, place the confirmed death toll at four — two fatalities recorded in KwaZulu-Natal and two in the Western Cape.
She further clarified that the fatal incidents during those protests were not confined to foreign nationals alone, with South African citizens also among the deceased. Mosikili confirmed that investigations into all four deaths are actively continuing and that arrests have already been carried out involving individuals from both groups.
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