I Am Not Scared Of Handcuffs – Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma Drops Fearless Message Ahead Of Court Battle

March and March movement founder Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma has declared that she does not fear being arrested by state law enforcement agencies, insisting that police intimidation will not deter her group from campaigning against undocumented foreign nationals and municipal lawlessness.

Speaking outside the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Durban on Friday, 30 October 2026, Ngobese-Zuma addressed crowd members, civic allies, and media personnel as the court deliberated on an urgent interdict application filed by Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia and Provincial Commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. The state security cluster is seeking to permanently prohibit the movement from organizing marches, street rallies, and vehicle motorcades near sensitive public infrastructure, including the Department of Home Affairs Refugee Reception Centre on Che Guevara Road.

Reacting to persistent rumors regarding impending warrants and state threats to detain movement organizers, Ngobese-Zuma maintained an unyielding stance. She asserted that being handcuffed or locked behind bars would not silence the constitutional rights of South African citizens to demand border security, municipal compliance, and economic protection for local communities.

“If arresting me is what the state thinks will stop this movement, then let them bring the handcuffs,” Ngobese-Zuma declared to cheering supporters. She argued that the government is choosing to criminalize law-abiding citizens and grassroots activists rather than addressing systemic corruption, unmonitored border entry, and inner-city vagrancy.

Ngobese-Zuma accused the police management and executive leadership of using court interdicts and heavy tactical deployments to distract from their own institutional failures. She pointed out that while state prosecutors focus on building cases against civic leaders, violent criminal syndicates and drug rings continue to operate across eThekwini without consequence.

Her defiance comes as state legal representatives continue to present intelligence reports alleging that March and March gatherings incite xenophobic hostility, endanger foreign residents, and pose a severe threat of arson and public violence. Earlier in the day, police tactical units deployed stun grenades and barricades as crowd members clashed with officers outside the judicial precinct.

Despite the heavy presence of public order police and SANDF military patrols encircling the courthouse, Ngobese-Zuma reiterated that the movement will continue to exercise its democratic rights. Supported by legal counsel Xolani Zuma and political allies from the MK Party and ActionSA, she affirmed that no amount of state pressure, media spin, or threat of imprisonment will force the movement to abandon its national campaign ahead of the 4 November local government elections.

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