Durban to host peace march

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Durban - Durban will host a peace march on Thursday after almost a week of clashes between police, locals and foreigners in the CBD and surrounding areas left five people dead.

The march is expected to start at Curries Fountain at 10:00 and to be led by religious and political leaders.

They plan to lead the march to the Ethekwini City hall where statements will be made against the events of the past week which included a car being set alight in the CBD, shots being fired and tear gas cannisters released.

Shaka Sisulu tweeted: ''Here are details of tomorrow's Peace March in Durban. We'll have a bus going overnight to join it. Who's coming?''

He tweeted a copy of a march flyer with KwaZulu-Natal premier Senzo Mchunu and mayor James Nxumalo inviting ''all citizens of KwaZulu-Natal'' to join the peace march against violence directed at foreign nationals.

Lead SA tweeted pictures of people boarding the "'peace bus'' to Durban and others on Twitter encouraged more people to join the march.

‘This must stop’

In addition to the march, President Jacob Zuma has called for calm in a serious of broadcasts on public radio and television on Wednesday afternoon and evening.

'I think this now must stop, because we cannot continue killing one another," said Zuma.

Independent online reported that Zuma would also make a statement in Parliament on xenophobic attacks at 14:00.

National police commissioner Riah Phiyega said at least 800 police officers had been posted around Durban and KwaZulu-Natal to prevent further confrontations, and in Johannesburg the police and metro police said they would also be monitoring to keep everybody in the city safe.

Incidents of stone throwing and an Ethiopian man having a brick thrown at him were reported in Johannesburg on Wednesday.

Hate speech charge

Meanwhile, Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini faces another human rights violation charge after the Western Cape organiser of the SA National Defence Union laid a complaint against him on Wednesday with the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) over reported comments of him calling on immigrants to pack their bags and go.

In spite of calls for calm, a group of about 20 foreigners arrived at the Primrose police station on Wednesday asking for protection from police, saying they were scared.

Temporary camps have been set up parts of KwaZulu-Natal to house those displaced by the violence, but the SAHRC said the conditions there were not good.

Jenni Evans, News24
Source: http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Durban-to-host-peace-march-20150416
 
Police issue warning ahead of peace march

Durban - Police have issued a stern warning that anyone planning to disrupt the peace march against xenophobia through the Durban city centre on Thursday would be “dealt with”.

The march, led by religious and political leaders, is expected to start at Curries Fountain at 10:00 and move through the central business district to City Hall.

It comes as local, provincial and national government initiatives to reintegrate thousands of displaced foreign nationals back into their communities gather steam.

Durban was brought to a standstill on Tuesday as groups of locals and foreign nationals clashed with police.

Similar violence broke out in Pietermaritzburg on Wednesday, with thousands forced from their homes overnight.

'Strong contingent'

Police spokesperson Major Thulani Zwane said a “strong contingent” of officers would be deployed in the city to monitor the march.

While he could not be drawn to comment on the exact strength of the force for security reasons, he said that anyone inciting violence would be met with strong resistance.

“We want people to be aware that we will have a large force present in the city of Durban. This alone should serve as a deterrent to anyone who thinks it is a good idea to start causing trouble. They will be dealt with,” he said.

The spate of xenophobic violence has left five people dead and scores injured, with officers investigating whether the death of a man in Verulam on Tuesday could be linked to the violence.

While Zwane confirmed that a foreign national had been stabbed to death near his home in Buffelsdraai, he said that the full array of facts needed to be examined before a conclusion was drawn.

“We need to better understand that circumstances around this man’s death before we label it as a xenophobic attack. All we can say for now is that he is a foreign national and the investigation into his murder is ongoing,” he said.

In addition to the march, President Jacob Zuma has called for calm in a series of broadcasts on public radio and television on Wednesday afternoon and evening.

'I think this now must stop, because we cannot continue killing one another," said Zuma.

Hate speech charge

Meanwhile, Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini faces another human rights violation charge after the Western Cape organiser of the SA National Defence Union laid a complaint against him on Wednesday with the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) over reported comments of him calling on immigrants to pack their bags and go.

In spite of calls for calm, a group of about 20 foreigners arrived at the Primrose police station in Germiston, on Johannesburg's East Rand, on Wednesday asking for protection from police, saying they were scared.

Temporary camps have been set up parts of KwaZulu-Natal to house those displaced by the violence, but the SAHRC said the conditions there were not good.

Jeff Wicks, News24
Source: http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Police-issue-warning-ahead-of-peace-march-20150416
 
Well colour me unsurprised, they don't seem to have anywhere NEAR their expected 10000 people, so they seem to be pushing the march back.
 
Durban - Police have issued a stern warning that anyone planning to disrupt the peace march against xenophobia through the Durban city centre on Thursday would be “dealt with”.
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THis is a PEACE march, and will be peaceful dammmit ... if you are not peaceful, we will klap you peacfully into submission dammit!!
 
So they haven't left yet..


FSCKing hell, these muppets couldn't organise a pissup in a brewery.
 
Seems like the Army are out in Durban.. just not "officially" yet...

This was apparently in front of the march

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Fudzy said:
Isn't that by the old bus depot? I thought the march was in town?
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It went from Curries Fountain to City Hall, so would go passed the bus depot (its not old, its still in use though it could use a revamp)
 
ToxicBunny said:
Well colour me unsurprised, they don't seem to have anywhere NEAR their expected 10000 people, so they seem to be pushing the march back.
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If it was a violent march, the numbers would have exceeded 100,000.

Maybe if they spent their time either working, or looking for a job, they wouldn't have an issue with people "stealing" their jobs...
 
Bad weather in Durbs today .... maybe do a piece of March tomorrow .....

Aaawwww fek it, lets rather just go and smack some people, steal some schidt and get canned ..... who needs to work.
 
Also looks like the cops had to break up a group of about 500 ppl who were marching towards the "peace march" group and were chanting that they were going to kill foreigners.
 
At the march, First Lady Tobeka Madiba Zuma said, "As the mother of this nation I would have failed in my duty if I didn't come to add my voice. We Africans, our identity is formed by Ubuntu. I'm calling on all of us to exercise Ubuntu. As Africans we have our own way to respond to the challenges in an African way. Not to attack and kill one another.

"What we have seen in the last weeks is undermining what our forefathers fought for. We have heard the president saying that South Africans will be given a platform to state their concerns. As a parent I rush for the remote to change the channel so that my children don't see this. It's embarrassing in the international community. We need to calm down. We need to sit down and have a dialogue with one another," said Zuma.
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From news24 :
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/LIVE-Peace-march-in-Durban-20150416

WTF is this stupid cow on about? she is not the mother of anything, she is just the presidents useless sex toy that costs us money.
 
Durban peace march attracts support from all walks of life

Amanda Khoza and Thomas Hartleb, News24


Durban – A self-proclaimed “healer” and purveyor of muti, R200 notes pinned to his clothing, briefly distracted attention from a “peace march” against xenophobia in Durban on Thursday morning.

- Are you there? Send us your eyewitness accounts and photos.

Andile Dlamini, of Nongoma, whose nickname is Mzimb'okhalimali (a body dripping with money), arrived at Curries Fountain Stadium, where hundreds of people had gathered for a march to protest a week of violence and looting that spread from Durban to Pietermaritzburg and Johannesburg. Five people, including a 14-year-old boy, have been killed and scores injured.

Dlamini’s arrival was greeted with cheers and interrupted prayers by religious leaders for a safe march. One pastor asked the Curries Fountain crowd not to be distracted by people wearing money. Dlamini sells potions he claims can boost sex drive and cure anything from shingles to meningitis, He says the money is tips from his clients.

KwaZulu-Natal Community Safety MEC Willies Mchunu welcomed the crowd and asked that it respect the religious leaders present before they began praying.

Marshalls escorted another man out after he joined a group in shouting "siphi isilo" (loosely translated as "Where is the king? Where is the king?"), possibly in reference to Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini. His comments about foreigners last month have been blamed for starting the violence.

"Foreigners must pack their bags and go home,” Zwelithini reportedly told a moral regeneration event in Pongola.

He has insisted that he was merely speaking out against crime and destruction of property.

Vice Chancellor of the Durban University of Technology, Professor Ahmed Bawa, said: "I think that it's important that Durban is holding this march, but I hope that it's not just a march, but the beginning of a long engagement that South Africa has to deal with.”

Singer Simphiwe Dana hung a board around her neck, with the words “#WeAreAfrica Phansi nge Xenophobia”.

First Lady Tobeka Madiba Zuma, ANC treasurer general Zweli Mkhize and State Security Minister David Mahlobo were also in attendance.

Writer Khaya Dlanga said: "It’s absolutely great to see all these people that have come out on a work day to show support against xenophobia."

Shaka Sisulu said he was excited to be in Durban. “I can feel the energy of the Durban people, who say that the violence is not representative of the South African people today."

Ryan Matthews, from Durban’s Glenridge Church, was there with his friend Goodenough Mpanza.

"My greatest concern is that we don't understand our common enemy,” Matthews said.

“It's not our colour, our nationalities. Our common enemy is what's in our hearts. Our common enemy is greed and pride and entitlement. We've come to show support because we believe in our nation and we completely support what Tata Mandela said when he said ‘we are one’."

http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/N...racts-support-from-all-walks-of-life-20150416
 
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