[GALLERY] National shutdown: Marchers say they protesting over high food, petrol prices
Workers protesting the cost of living continued to sing and dance their way toward the Durban City Hall on Wednesday afternoon.
Dozens of bystanders are watching the passing protestors who are belting out struggle songs clad in the regalia of their respective trade unions.
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Local teacher Michelle Adams is among the marchers.
"I speak about R400 a day on petrol because of the different dropping off of my grandkids and we are marching for a lowering of the price of basic foods, like bread, milk. It is expensive.
"Before when you went shopping, you shopped for a full trolley, now when you are going to shop you are buying a few things and it comes to R1 000."
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Shops along Pixley kaSeme Street are shut.
Business owner Imran Vorajee says they decided not to trade because they fear a repeat of last year's unrest.
"People are just on the back foot. They are not sure what to expect. So just out of safety people have closed their shops and maybe they anticipate that there might be some trouble. But I think its safe and once the march passes through, people will open up again."
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The workers are expected to hand over a memorandum of demand to provincial government officials later this afternoon.
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