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Police seek urgent interdict against March and March in KwaZulu-Natal

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The police minister and the KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner say they have intelligence of a planned attempt to burn the Refugee Reception Centre in Durban. The movement's spokesperson calls the court application an effort to silence people before the local government elections.

The application asks the court to stop March and March protests, convoys and processions in the province. It also seeks to stop intimidation or incitement by the movement's members and leaders.

Court papers say the applicants received intelligence about a planned action against the centre in Che Guevara Road this week. The papers also cite concern about escalating violence after the recent death of a foreign national, and about retribution for that murder.

Brigadier Thamsanqa Gama made the founding affidavit for the applicants. He said: "This application concerns an immediate threat to life, to personal safety, and public order in and around Durban as well as within the province of KwaZulu-Natal".

Sandile Dube, the national spokesperson for March and March, called the application "orchestrated efforts by the government to silence the people's voices barely days before the local government elections".

Key facts

Who
Brigadier Thamsanqa Gama (deponent of the founding affidavit for the applicants); Sandile Dube (national spokesperson for March and March); March and March (protest movement whose gatherings are subject to the interdict application)
What
Court papers show the police minister and the KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner sought an urgent interdict against March and March gatherings in KwaZulu-Natal, citing intelligence of a planned action to burn the Refugee Reception Centre in Durban and concern about escalating violence after a foreign national's death. March and March's national spokesperson called the application an orchestrated…
When
28 October 2026
Where
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, Che Guevara Road
Status
Reported

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