Ugu EFF members injured in national shutdown
The EFF said the success of the national shutdown, proved that people are sick and tired of load shedding, corruption, unemployment, crime, gender-based violence and a lack of service delivery.
On the South Coast in Ugu, police arrested two people for various transgressions during the national shutdown called by Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) on Monday.
Members of the EFF and other community members were protesting against load shedding and corruption in South Africa. They also called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to resign.
Speaking to the media on Monday, KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner, Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, said the protest on the N2 near Hibberdene saw the road being blocked with two vehicles which were later confiscated by the police.
Meanwhile, EFF members who were part of the protest told Fever the police allegedly fired rubber bullets on protesters leaving many injured.
Ugu EFF regional secretary, Bonnie Duma said two of their members are currently in court following the national shutdown on Monday.
Duma said being attacked by police and being arrested will not discourage the party from calling for Ramaphosa to step down and to demand consistent power supply to all South Africans.
In a recent statement, the EFF said the success of the national shutdown, proved that people are sick and tired of load shedding, corruption, unemployment, crime, gender-based violence and a lack of service delivery.
The party added that one of the major successes of the national shutdown, before it even began, was that it had drastically decreased the stages of load shedding.
“It is because of the national shutdown that South Africa has moved from Stage 4 to Stage 1 over the past week, and was even suspended on Sunday. The economy has come to a standstill because they too are tired of Ramaphosa’s lies. He and the ANC said it is business as usual yet businesses were closed, meaning workers and the people of South Africa refused to listen to the lies It was time to descend on the streets and register our unhappiness and frustration against the regime of the day, through massive protests and demonstrations. Activists came out in their numbers and registered their dissatisfaction against the incompetent government of Cyril Ramaphosa, in the face of intimidation and violence by police and military personnel. Many activists who were violated or detained by police in the early hours of Monday were released,” read the statement.
It added that Monday was not a normal day in South Africa.
“Taxi ranks, malls, and intersections which would ordinarily be busy in the cities and townships, were empty. Many shops, businesses, petrol stations, car dealerships and courts were not operational as a result of the national shutdown. Buses and taxis were driving around the townships and cities empty, because our people heeded the call of the EFF not to allow the country to be business as usual, and call for the resignation of Cyril Ramaphosa,” said the EFF.
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