DA, Sapoa seek court protection against shutdown called by EFF: The EFF's call for a national shutdown on Monday is seeking to bring to a halt all socioeconomic activities in the country, which it plans to do by coercing people to participate.
The EFF's call for a national shutdown on Monday is seeking to bring to a haltby coercing people to participate.This was submitted on Friday by the DA in an urgent application in the Johannesburg high court to interdict the shutdown. restrain EFF members from unlawfully interfering with, harassing and assaulting members of the public wishing to enter shopping centres on Monday.
“If a shutdown goes ahead and there are gatherings that occur, an inference should be drawn that these gatherings would be unlawful,” he said. “Our submission is that this is wrong. The EFF is acting unlawfully and contrary to the terms of the act. That unlawful conduct must be declared to be unlawful. This is the fundamental tenet upon which this application is brought.”
Mathiba said there was a reasonable apprehension of harm after what happened to shopping malls during the July 2021 unrest.
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