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President Cyril Ramaphosa has weighed in on the planned EFF shutdown saying South Africa will “not allow anarchy and disorder.”
Ramaphosa said the only recognised means of changing a regime in South Africa is through elections and not “attempts to promote an insurrection.”
“We met with our security cluster yesterday, and they will defend our people from any planned attempts to destabilise the country,” said Ramaphosa.
He was speaking on the sidelines of the state visit by Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan at the Union Buildings on Thursday.
Meanwhile, South African defense Minister Thandi Modise said SANDF will be ‘on standby’ to decisively squash EFF from intimidating those who do not participate in its protest.
He said, “The SA National Defence Force is on standby for possible violence emanating from the EFF’s planned shutdown on Monday.”
The EFF is organising nationwide marches on March 20 to protest load shedding and to call for the resignation of President Cyril Ramaphosa.
