President Cyril Ramaphosa has ordered the country’s security forces to ensure there is no anarchy, intimidation and lawlessness during the EFF's national shutdown on Monday.
“If you are going to restrict the rights of other people, coerce, intimidate and unleash violence, our security forces are going to defend the people of South Africa because we will not allow anarchy and disorder to prevail in this country. So we will see what happens,” he said.
The president made the remarks during a media briefing after a state visit by his Tanzanian counterpart President Samia Suluhu Hassan at the Union Buildings on Thursday. The visit coincided with the second session of the South Africa-Tanzania Bi-National Commission. “Our politics is fractious, divided and [we are] going to the elections next year. Many parties, when you go to elections, start positioning themselves because they want to win the vote and they will often position themselves in a way which is completely against the governing party,” said Ramaphosa.
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