Protesters accuse Zuma of xenophobia, police say march was illegal
Tshwane metro police say permission to march was denied, but the march went ahead and the protesters read out their memorandum though no one was there to receive it
The Tshwane metro police department did not approve the anti-xenophobia march in Pretoria on Thursday‚ saying the organisers failed to meet the necessary requirements. Spokesperson Isaac Mahamba said the organisers‚ the Coalition of Civics against Xenophobia‚ had failed to provide the department with a letter from the person to whom they would hand the memorandum. He said on this basis‚ the application for the march was declined. “For a march to be approved‚ the organisers must obtain a letter from the person who will accept their memorandum stating when ... that person will be available to accept the memorandum. They did not have that so we could not approve the march‚” he said. Mahamba said this was why there was no one to receive their memorandum at the Union Building‚ the very situation the bylaws aimed to prevent in the first place. He said the organisers ended up “handing over the memorandum and reading it to themselves. They have now dispersed.” Organisers earlier expressed d...
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