Hundreds of EFF members have started their march against what they say were the ‘racial killings’ in the Phoenix area north of Durban three weeks ago.
#sabcnews #sabckzn Police have had to form human shield protecting businesses and houses along Phoenix highway. pic.twitter.com/vPZyzxOQVM
— Nonkululeko Hlophe (@Leko3) August 5, 2021
At least 36 people were killed in the looting, violence and vigilantism in the Phoenix area. A total of over 300 people were killed in the unrest that hit KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng.
Hundreds of shops, ATMs and buildings were looted and torched during the unrest. Part of the Phoenix highway is partially closed to traffic especially along the park where the EFF march started.
The marchers are heading to the Phoenix Police station. Police are deployed in their numbers to monitor the march.
#sabcnews #sabckzn Law enforcement agencies keeping a close watch on the EFF march in Phoenix north of Durban pic.twitter.com/T9o66m3iZI
— Nonkululeko Hlophe (@Leko3) August 5, 2021
Earlier, the African Democratic Change joined the EFF march in Phoenix. African Democratic Change leader, Visvin Reddy, says they support any organisation that wants peace.
“It’s a march for solidarity. It’s a march for peace and whichever organisation or individual that stands up for reconciliation and for bringing communities together, we will stand with them. This does not mean that we lose our identity. I’m the national leader of the African Democratic Change. It doesn’t mean that by joining this march are working with the EFF, that I subscribe to what the EFF does or what they say. I differ with them on a number of issues, but on the issue of bringing peace between the different communities, I stand with them,” says Reddy.
EFF Secretary-General Marshall Dlamini is amongst the leaders who are part of the march.
