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 said because many people will be travelling, the government expects “full order and harmony, and the security forces stand ready to defend the people of South Africa”. Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan and President Cyril Ramaphosa address a joint news conference during a state visit at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on Thursday.The EFF is demanding Ramaphosa's exit and a resolution to ongoing load-shedding.
“South Africa is governed by the rule of law and we are a constitutional democracy. Regime change can only come about through the vote. It cannot come about through anarchy and unleashing disorder in a country.
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