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General Secretary of the South African Communist Party (SACP), Solly Mapaila says the Economic Freedom Fighters' national shutdown was a success.

“If we give in to populism as partly was demonstrated in the National shutdown which defied all logic as far as legality is concerned yet the courts of our country acceded to its legality but let’s agree that it was a successful outcome and let’s also agree that the state used excessive force because it was not sure that its call would be heeded.” He adds that the events of Monday’s National Shutdown reflected the need for South Africa to establish a “New People’s Order” to counteract the deterioration of South Africa’s revolution, into one ruled by the mob, due to the African National Congress’ lack of leadership. Mapaila reflected on the state of the democracy that Kemp spent her life in pursuit of.

The EFF's commended its supporters for their behaviour during Monday's shutdown protest, saying they heeded calls to keep the demonstrations peaceful.

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The power utility said it received hundreds of power outage calls from customers, but could not respond due to road closures and security risks owed to the ...

However, teams will continue to assess the level of volatility in the affected areas before responding to any calls.” Where we can, we will continue to work through the night with the help of law enforcement agencies. The power utility said it received hundreds of power outage calls from customers, but could not respond due to road closures and security risks owed to the Economic Freedom Fighters' mass action.

It is often said that the first casualty of war is the truth, and perhaps this is the closest South Africa got to war on Monday when the EFF had the "most ...

While no schools were open, that was always the plan. Because the EFF has spoken and done so without burning a building or doing anything illegal," said Malema as he addressed a crowd of protesters at Church Square in Pretoria. Staff and owners alike watched as the fighters in red occupied what their deputy leader Floyd Shivambu called the "money capital". All of them are closed," Malema said. But the roundabout and the fountain where they were going around was the spot where the Heerengracht meets Adderley Street in Cape Town's city centre. Must Watch: all buses and taxis in PTA CBD have no people inside- empty! "Must Watch: all buses and taxis in PTA CBD have no people inside- empty! News24's reporter in Sandton had a different experience. It was a highly debatable claim that the impact of Monday's "shutdown" could be regarded as more "successful" than many of the protest events during apartheid. The buses – which happened to be Cape Town's MyCiTi buses – and taxis were certainly not filled to capacity. Speaking in Pretoria, Malema described Monday's event as "the most successful shutdown ever in the history of struggle in South Africa". - These include EFF leader Julius Malema's claims that no shop was open in Sandton, that all malls were closed and that it was "the most successful shutdown" in South Africa's history.

ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula mocked what he viewed as a "flop" anarchy attempt by the EFF on Monday.

If he does not respond, we will take him on legally," Mbalula said. It demonstrated that the EFF has no interest in building a cohesive nation," Mbalula said. The army's deployment was justifiable," Mbalula said. We reiterate that the EFF shutdown was neither in the country's interest nor did it advance our hard-won democracy. It was not just war talk by the EFF; they were inflammatory speaking, and nothing about peace was being uttered. Mbalula said that, if the government did not act, it would have been accused of "sleeping on the job".

The journalists were attacked while covering the EFF's national shutdown in Nyanga, Cape Town.

This was after a senior journalist at the Daily Dispatch received an anonymous warning to "watch his back" for hired hitmen. The SA National Editors' Forum (Sanef) condemned attacks on SABC journalists earlier this week. - Sanef condemned attacks on SABC journalists who covered the national shutdown this week.