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I have done my level best to keep you, the SA Rocks audience happy. You asked me to find more information about the Million Man March and I have tried my best to do that.

Below it seems as though the date of the march hadn’t been released yet. However if you visit the website, you’ll see in the header that the march is scheduled for the 10th of June 2008

Desmond Dube has been kind enough to take the time to answer some questions for SA Rocks! Him and his team have also been kind enough to honour me and SA Rocks with a feature on the Million Man March website under the “Why March” section of the site. Go and have a look, while you are there, sign up under the “count me in” section and show your support. Enough from me, let’s hear what Desmond had to say:

Hi Desmond,

First off, just want to thank you for letting me interview you, I promise I’ll be asking you some different questions! Secondly thank you so much for placing my post on your site. You can’t understand how important and gratifying it is to be apart of this project!

So let’s get in to the questions!

Firstly let me say thank you for initiating the Million Man March. I am 100% behind the project and support the entire thing. I am going to ask you some questions that my readers have been asking me.

1. Do you have an exact date set out for the March and is that date going to be over a weekend?

Yes! we do have a confirmed date the march thank heavens, unfortunately the committte thinks it would be more effective to have the march mid week to make a statement. The aim is to raise the public profile of crime and we might make lots of excuses if it’s a weekend. Crime affects us all and business South Africa will be making a statement of their own if they don’t employees off on this day.

2. What about police endorsement? Is there going to be some sort of police presence?

There will be 1000% police presence. The good policemen of our country are affected just as anybody else, and they want what’s best for this country. So, there will be more than a presence.

3. Where exactly are we marching to and from?

The very best logistic people are working on a suitable gathering point with the metro police of Pretoria or Tshwane. More details about the march will be released later and put on our website: www.millionmanmarch.co.za

4. What sort of response in terms of actual people committing to march have you had so far?

I think we have passed the 500 thousand mark i am not too sure, check the count on the website. The post letters are probably in the region of 10 to 15 thousand, they have filled three big dirty bins. A clear sign that people have had enough.

5. Do you believe that you can reach the target of 1 million people?

Our fear is that we might go waaaayyy over a million at this point and our media have not done it’s roll out yet.

6. Have you heard from the likes of the safety and security minister or the police commissioner regarding the march?

NO! Not yet!

7. What sort of high profile people have shown their support for the march? Can you give my readers some names?

The list is broad, from top sportsmen to the religious elders, i would refrain from naming celebrities because we have stressed that this march is for the Citizens it doesn’t matter who they are and where they come from. A big part of this march is to Unite us, so we would be sending the wrong message if we single out the high profile people.

8. I am imagining a demographically representative and diverse march, am I right in this assumption? Or is it going to be a bunch of privileged people complaining about the country?

I guess i answered this one. The media campaign covers everyone and their living standard measure.
As i said we are all affected by crime.

9. How can we be sure that the march will remain a peaceful and valuable one?

We are throwing 90% of our attention ,resources and messaging on PEACE.
God is in the front line of this march man!, that’s how you can be sure.

We’re almost done, now lets get down to the nitty gritty stuff!

10. Where is your favourite place to visit in SA?

That is an unfair question man! but if i had to choose, i would say God’s Window in Mpumalanga, when God comes back that’s where we are going to meet him.

11. Can you tell me about the most interesting person you’ve met in your profession?

A boy (6)who had never been to school but could read from Alexander, He freak me out.

12. What is your favourite local food?

I am a darkie bro, anything that goes with CHICKEN.

13. Can you tell me, in a few sentences, why you love this country?

I have travelled the world over and i still think it’s the most BEAUTIFUL country i have ever seen. The most dynamic people, The forgiving nation and you got to love the music here.

Desmond, thank you so much for giving me the chance to talk with you. You are doing SA a great service at an integral time in our history and I am proud to say that I will be placing my feet where my mouth often is and taking some positive action!

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