Durban Mayor Cyril Xaba Booed at Moore Road March and March Clean-Up

• ANC Mayor Cyril Xaba arrived at Moore Road in Durban where March and March members were conducting a clean-up campaign targeting a Congolese foreign nationals camp
• The mayor claimed the foreign nationals had agreed to relocate to Lindelwa in Gauteng, but a representative of the group did not confirm this
• A heavy police presence kept March and March supporters and refugees apart on Che Guevara Road, while some citizens formed a human wall to shield the foreign nationals

KWAZULU-NATAL - Durban Mayor Cyril Xaba received a hostile reception on Moore Road this week when he arrived at a site where March and March members had gathered for what they described as a clean-up campaign. The area had become a camp for Congolese foreign nationals, and the mayor's presence did little to ease the tension on the ground.

Xaba was met with loud booing from March and March supporters, who shouted "voetsek" at him. The crowd accused the ANC mayor of shielding Congolese foreign nationals who had settled on Moore Road in Durban.

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Jacinta Ngobese Zuma had called for another clean-up campaign despite the previous week's campaign descended into chaos and violence.

Mayor claims relocation deal, but foreigners uncertain

Despite the chaotic welcome, Xaba emerged from engagements at the site claiming a breakthrough. He stated that the foreign nationals camping on Moore Road had accepted a government offer to relocate to Lindelwa in Gauteng. However, a representative of the foreign nationals did not confirm the claim, leaving the outcome of those negotiations unclear.

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Police deployed as tensions flare on Che Guevara Road

A heavy police contingent was deployed to Che Guevara/ Moore Road in Durban to keep the two sides apart. Friction had already been building the previous week when March and March marched through the area, calling for the forcible removal of foreign nationals and refugees who had been living there.

Not everyone sided with the movement. A group of local citizens took a stand against the removals, forming a human wall around the foreign nationals to protect them from March and March supporters.

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The standoff reflects the deepening divisions in the area between residents aligned with March and March and those who have chosen to stand in solidarity with the displaced foreign nationals.

Police form human barricade to protect foreign nationals

Briefly News also reported that armed officers physically separated anti-illegal immigration protesters from foreign nationals camped on Moore Road in Durban on Thursday.The police deployment followed a call by March and March movement leader Jacinta Ngobese Zuma, who summoned supporters to assemble on Moore Road, which runs outside the Department of Home Affairs Refugee Reception Office. Tactical personnel were deployed to prevent any direct contact between the two groups after recent events raised the risk of renewed violence.

Source: Briefly News