The leader of the March and March Movement, Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma, says the Islamic Republic of Pakistan played no role in the liberation of South Africa from apartheid.

She then questions on what basis the Pakistan Association South Africa is having a “cosy” partnership with the SAPS.

Ngobese-Zuma then flagged the partnership, saying it is raising suspicions that Pakistanis now enjoy more government protection than South Africans.

She was addressing a protest outside the Durban International Convention Centre (ICC), where the March and March Movement staged a protest to pile pressure on SADC leaders who are currently meeting there to take home their citizens living in South Africa as illegal immigrants.

“If you are a black person in South Africa, you are not taken seriously. Pakistanis have everything in South Africa; everyone claims that he fought for us. Now, what was the contribution of Pakistanis to have everything in South Africa, to always move around with police security escorts?

“The Pakistan Association South Africa, they call it, is also moving around with the police and using their (police’s) banner. Why? Then there is Somalia in this mix,” Ngobese-Zuma said.

She added that the South African government is not worried about its people, but more concerned about the welfare of Pakistanis.

“If a Pakistani can die here, that can go viral across the world, but right now we have our people who are dying fighting to reclaim the spaza shop sector; the government has not said anything,” she added, lashing out against President Cyril Ramaphosa’s government.