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The Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg has dismissed the DA's urgent court application to have the EFF's national shutdown on Monday declared unlawful.

The Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg has interdicted the EFF from shutting down schools, businesses and public roads as part of its nationwide protests on Monday.The court handed down judgment The Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg has dismissed the DA's urgent court application to have the EFF's national shutdown on Monday declared unlawful.

The DA approached the Gauteng High Court on Friday, asking it to declare the shutdown itself unlawful in as far as it wasn't protected under a notice granted in terms of the Gatherings Act. Earlier, the Western Cape High Court granted an urgent interdict and ordered the EFF and its supporters not to harm or threaten people and businesses during their protests. Judge Mark Sher issued a list of conditions after the City of Cape Town and Western Cape Premier Alan Winde applied for the interdict.

Judge Sher ordered that the permitted march on Monday should comply with the law, including the Regulation of Gatherings Act and the terms and conditions of the City's permit.

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