Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma Urges Supporters to Attend Hearing as Minister Moves to Block Durban March

• March and March leader Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma took to X to share that Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia filed urgent court papers to stop her movement's planned march in Durban
• The interdict aims to stop the protests near the Department of Home Affairs Refugee Reception Centre on Che Guevara Road in eThekwini, with a court hearing set for Friday, 31 October 2025
• Ngobese-Zuma called on supporters to attend the hearing, framing the application as an abuse of power against constitutionally protected protest rights

DURBAN — Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia has approached the High Court urgently, seeking an interdict to prevent the March and March Movement from staging protests in parts of Durban, including near the Department of Home Affairs Refugee Reception Centre on Che Guevara Road.

March and March Movement leader Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma disclosed the legal action on X on 28 October 2026, posting images of the court documents she said her movement had received. The amended notice of motion lists the Minister of Home Affairs as the tenth respondent and targets the first to seventh respondents, prohibiting them from assembling, mobilising, marching, or staging any related activity in the affected area, which encompasses the eThekwini Municipality and the Durban Central Business District.

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The application, filed under the Regulation of Gatherings Act 205 of 1993, is scheduled to be heard on Friday, 30 October 2025 at 10h00. The court orders sought also prohibit conduct such as threatening, intimidating, looting, setting fire to property, and causing damage in the area.

"We just received court papers from the Minister of Police with instructions that we must be interdicted from Marching and we must not be allowed to organise a March, picket, motorcade or stage any of them; on top of that, we must not go to a Home Affairs Department!" Ngobese-Zuma wrote in her post, urging supporters to attend the court hearing.

Check out Jacinta's post below:

Cachalia's move comes amid national unrest

The application follows a period of escalating anti-immigration unrest across several South African provinces, with groups such as March and March staging demonstrations directed at undocumented foreign nationals. Ngobese-Zuma has led such marches in Durban.

President Cyril Ramaphosa, speaking to reporters in eMagabheni, eThekwini, on 28 October 2026 while campaigning for the ANC, addressed the tension directly. "We as government have said we are the only authority that has the power and ability to deal with illegal migration," Ramaphosa stated, adding that arrests related to illegal activities were already underway.

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South Africans Respond on X

The post drew swift reactions from users online.

@pennymkhize wrote:

"Can this be challenged in court? Yooooohhhhh this is not right." Ngobese-Zuma replied: "We are going to court on Friday."

@siyanda_nje asked:

"Why is General Mkhwanazi so quiet? I thought he was the best. He must also help patriots. Is he selling out? Can Afriforum also help?"

@Mbhape1 wrote:

"Ok, the letter is directed to March and March, not us citizens…. As citizens, let's gather and proceed with our marches, and they will have to interdict us one by one….. We can't be bullied."

@AfricanBlackAsa questioned:

"Where does the minister get the power to stop what is in the constitution?"

Ramaphosa deploys 510 soldiers

In a previous report from Briefly News, President Ramaphosa has deployed 510 SANDF members to support police in KwaZulu-Natal.

This move came as Durban protests escalated, in a joint security operation costing nearly R34 million.

Source: Briefly News