EFF shutdown

Several prominent South African businesses plan to keep their doors open during the EFF's “national shutdown” protest on Monday, 20 March 2023, while civil ...

“We call on law enforcement to act against any form of intimidation and violence that may unfold before, during and after the shutdown.” “Destabilisation benefits those who wish to avoid accountability, and those who are against upholding the rule of law,” they said. “There is a clear distinction between the constitutional right to protest or to canvass support for a stayaway, and the fear-mongering and forced shutdown of the country,” they stated. The organisations said it was “no wonder” that certain individuals who were seemingly supportive of the July 2021 riots and looting were backing the EFF’s shutdown. “Any attempt at preventing those who may not support the shutdown from going to work, to school or to university, infringes on their constitutional rights,” the organisations said. The Airports Company South Africa will keep all nine of its airports open, while the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa said that their facilities and services would be up and running.

The EFF are demanding that Ramaphosa step down and to protest against the constant bouts of load shedding that South Africa has experienced.

“Like we always said all protest action on 20 March must be militant and radical yet peacefully to register legitimate demands that affect our collective existence as a people. Thus, we call on all protestors of the “This historic protest action must be executed everywhere in defence and within the confines of our democratic Constitution. [Democratic Alliance’s (DA)](https://www.citizen.co.za/tag/democratic-alliance-da/) application to have the shutdown declared iilegal. [Ramaphosa had on Friday warned](https://www.citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/protests/ramaphosa-warns-eff-anarchy-disorder-wont-be-tolerated/) government would “not allow anarchy and disorder”, the EFF has spurred on its members to take to the streets. [The red](https://www.citizen.co.za/tag/eff/) berets have organised the shutdown to demand that Ramaphosa step down and to protest against the constant bouts of load shedding that South Africa has experienced for months.

Deputy National Commissioner of the SAPS responsible for policing, Lieutenant General Tebello Mosikili, said the measures that have been put in place by the ...

Incitement of violence through any platforms, including social media, as well as the sharing of inflammatory messages are criminal offences according to the Cyber Crimes Act, where social media users can actually be charged for intimidation and incitement to commit violence. "To this end, the NATJOINTS will not tolerate any lawlessness or any form of criminality, whichever way it manifests itself. "The NATJOINTS will not allow any barricading of national, provincial, or municipal roads. "While every citizen has a right to protest, we want to reiterate that this right must be exercised in a manner that does not infringe on the rights of non-protesters. "This is our update to the country at large that there will be no national shutdown. We will therefore enforce the law decisively in this regard."