March and March leader Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma says the anti-migrant movement will meet AfriForum to learn from its advocacy strategies.
She announced the planned meeting during a March and March demonstration in Durban on Monday, where the group protested near the venue of the 46th SADC Summit. The summit was held in Durban on 17 August 2026.
Ngobese-Zuma said the organisations have political and ideological differences but argued that March and March could still learn from AfriForum’s approach.
She said the meeting did not mean the movement agreed with everything AfriForum stands for.
Group wants advocacy lessons
Ngobese-Zuma said March and March wanted to understand how AfriForum organises, raises money and builds institutions.
AfriForum was founded in 2006 and forms part of the broader Solidarity Movement. Its activities include community projects, legal advocacy, private prosecution initiatives and campaigns involving education, safety and service delivery.
Ngobese-Zuma said March and March was willing to work with South African organisations regardless of race where it believed useful lessons could be learned.
The planned engagement follows her earlier statement that the movement wanted to build what she described as an “AfriForum for black South Africans”.
SA First Forum forms part of plan
March and March recently announced the SA First Forum, which it describes as a social justice litigation body, alongside the March and March Foundation.
Ngobese-Zuma said the legal forum would seek to assist South Africans who cannot afford to enforce their rights.
She also said the movement wants to learn how organisations fund projects and establish institutions.
Immigration remains central focus
Despite the AfriForum engagement, Ngobese-Zuma said March and March remains focused on undocumented migration.
The group has previously called for tougher visa controls, changes to asylum policy and action against employers who hire undocumented migrants.
During the Durban demonstration, the movement directed its message at SADC leaders whose countries have citizens living in South Africa without proper documentation.
March and March has also previously threatened to intensify demonstrations around undocumented migration.
Ngobese-Zuma maintained that the proposed AfriForum meeting was primarily a learning exercise and did not signal that the two organisations were merging or adopting identical positions.