March for Economic Freedom

South Africa is a land of incredible extremes. There are wealthy people and there's the poor, who struggle to make ends meet. Because of this great divide, it appears as if quite a number of people are supporting the call, by the ANC Youth League to march from Johannesburg to Sandton.




A Union member stated that this march "is aimed at championing the policy positions of the poor and the working class."




People are still demanding basic services 17 years into our democracy.

17 years into this democracy I do believe that South Africa has progressed in many different ways, there is however much that still has to be done to uplift the poor. I find it very interesting though, that despite people being frustrated by the ANC, the party that led us into democracy in 1994 and the current ruling party, they still vote for them.

What shocked me the most today was seeing how young these individuals are.

There was a heavy police presence:
















Those individuals who were not marching were driving in their own cars. There were also minibuses and buses that were packed with protesters.







A man being pushed in a wheelchair. I was surprised to see even blind people who were being guided by others taking part.

Was also entertained to see hawkers selling ice cream and iced beverages to protesters. This was a good business opportunity.




I was incredibly impressed to see so many people taking part. They even encouraged us bystanders to join them. They stated that, they were not only marching for themselves but for us (the bystanders) and all of our children.





This was an incredibly peaceful march. The marchers even posed for pictures and the policemen and women were also joking around with me. These individuals feel like their voices have to be heard on multiple economic issues and workers rights.