Arrest of March Leader Sparks Debate Over Vigilantism, Lawlessness and Public Accountability
South Africa - Durban - 27 January 2026 - Leader of March And March movement Jac Leader of March And March movement Jacinta Ngobese Zuma today (27 January 2026) handed herself over to authorities in Point Police station, on charges of inciting violence outside Addington Primary School recently.
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March on March founder/leader Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma surrendered to the police yesterday after an arrest warrant had been issued for her, prompting these posts on X:
@SABCNews· The state has laid a charge of public violence against civic organisation, March and March, Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) Party and Operation Dudula.
@HermanMashaba A new dangerous trend is emerging in South Africa: Anyone fighting lawlessness is herself/himself face a possibility of being charged. The GNU wants to bring back Apartheid. Jacinta needs help She is fighting for the rights of South Africans.
@LeratoPillayZA While the SAPS issues an arrest warrant for Jacinta Zuma — a voter, a taxpayer, one of our own – illegal foreign nationals openly sell drugs, fake goods, and operate without consequences? Is this the justice we’re funding with our taxes?
@AfricaisBlack Harassing primary schoolers isn’t ‘patriotism’, it’s cowardice.
Her arrest is long overdue & bail should be a non-starter.
You don’t ‘save’ South Africa by traumatising kids at a school gate.
These MK ‘toy soldiers’ are masquerading as politicians while acting like lawless vigilantes. They’re too scared to confront the ANC & DA at the source of the problem, so they punch down at children instead.
Vigilantism is a symptom of failure, not a solution. We want accountability for the border crisis, but we won’t let criminals destroy the peace of our learners. Arrest them all now
@phuti_mathobela Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma, founder and leader of the March and March movement is part of us. This evil government will not do anything to her.
@joy_zelda Jacinta is doing what the ANC has failed to do for 30 years.
@MusaMzilikazi Imagine: Your wife gives birth to a healthy son or daughter and you raise that baby with love. When it’s time to take her to school, they say there is no space because of illegal foreign kids are too much in that school. The worst part, that school is for the government. We pay tax for our kids to go to that school for free.
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