South Africans embarked in fight against crime

By Anele Siwa
10 June 2008

All South Africans young and old across all races and from all walks of life have today gathered in the gardens of the Union Buildings in Tshwane with the common aim to fight against crime under a Million Man March.

This is an initiative of a comedian and actor Desmond Dube.
In an interview with SABC news Dube said South Africans are the part of the solution to this problem and the anti-crime message is more important than the number of people who attended the march.

According to Dube the idea for the march emerged from experiences in which he was personally affected by the high levels of crime in South Africa.

Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille says this is a great initiative.
“It’s very important for citizens to take part in the fight against crime this will get many people involved in taking symbolic stand and I am happy to be the part of it,” says Zille.

United Democratic Movement leader Bantu Holomisa is leading a delegation of UDM. Holomisa says there is no doubt in anybody’s minds that this march will send a strong signal to the government and to the criminals and the rest of the country.

The history of the 'Million Man March' begins with the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom where civil rights leader Martin Luther King Junior, delivered his famous 'I have a dream' speech at the Lincoln Memorial.