Authorities to maintain strong presence as March and March demonstrates in Joburg CBD

Civic organisation March and March is set to take its campaign against illegal immigration to the Gauteng Legislature on Wednesday, following a day of protest action in Pretoria.

On Tuesday, the group marched to the Union Buildings, where they handed over a memorandum of demands warning of escalated action if the government fails to respond.

Similar protests have also been held in parts of Kwazulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape as the movement gains momentum nationwide.

Protesters are expected to gather in the Johannesburg CBD and make their way through the city streets towards the Gauteng Legislature.

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Traffic disruptions are expected along key routes, with metro police and public order policing on high alert to monitor the march and keep it peaceful.

The group is pushing for tougher immigration controls, including stricter visa regulations, a review of asylum policies and action against businesses employing undocumented foreign nationals.

Organisers said that the energy seen in Pretoria is expected to spill over into Johannesburg, with more supporters likely to join as the march gains momentum.

Leader Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma said, "Very few of these people are documented. Actually, very few and the ones that are documented are not behaving and carrying themselves in this manner. That these who are not documented are, and this is the problem that we have today."