Siphelele Nketo

THE mayor of the Greater Kokstad Municipality Lwanda Madikizela has committed to conducting a door-to-door initiative with all involved parties to fight the problem of illegal foreigners.

He supported the initiative that calls for undocumented foreign nationals to leave, but also took a swipe against property owners who rent their buildings to illegal foreign nationals.

On Tuesday, August 18, he received a memorandum from a group of marchers in Kokstad that called for immediate action against illegal foreign nationals.

The group marched from the area near the  Bhongweni  bridge to the municipality building in Hope Street. Madikizela immediately addressed the marchers and showed his support.

He said the establishment of the March and March movement exposed the many failures in the fight against illegal immigrants.

He claimed that some local residents have opened their homes for illegal foreign nationals to run spaza shops. He called for a meeting with leaders of the march to conduct an inspection in the Kokstad town with law enforcement and SAPS.