Political parties have downplayed the 'success' of the much-anticipated EFF national shutdown, claiming it did not turn out to be the groundbreaking political event it was hyped up to be.
March 20 2023. Julius Malema, EFF President, addressed his supporters in Pretoria, where the shutdown march ended.Political parties have downplayed the “success” of the much-anticipated EFF national shutdown, claiming it did not turn out to be the groundbreaking political event it was hyped up to be.
The ruling party was the first to shoot down the shutdown by Julius Malema's party, with party secretary-general Fikile Mbalula spending the entire day mocking the turnout and intensity of the shutdown, calling it a “flop”.EFF plans of shutdown in our country through chaos has failed. They are left isolated in many parts of the country, their attempt to insight insurrection by using electricity crisis has failed,” said Mbalula.
and expressed its gratitude to South Africans who “did not join the extremist and regressive so-called shutdown”. But Malema would have none of that, arguing the fact that some businesses in cities like Johannesburg, Tshwane and the Richards Bay freight rail hub had opted to not operate was proof the shutdown was a success.
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