Mahikeng Shutdown fails to draw enough support to bring the town to a standstill.
The planned Mahikeng Shutdown has failed to draw enough support from locals to bring the town to a standstill. But learning was interrupted in some schools. Those who planned the shutdown are complaining about crime, unemployment, poor service delivery and the tender system, among others. Police and other law enforcement officers were monitoring all intersections in the North West capital.
“The action is successful because remember now the government has sent police and soldiers, so the thing is successful. You cannot say the thing didn’t go well. It went well because the only problem we were having is that when they started shooting at us because we don’t know whether it was live ammunition or rubber bullets, others they were hitting them in the air and they were shooting at us.
Meanwhile, learning was interrupted in some schools, as many learners did not pitch while others were reportedly sent back home.
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