The mayor of Cape Town, Geordin Hill-Lewis, issued a stern warning to the EFF, which intends to hold a national shutdown on 20 March, that it will not be allowed in the Mother City. | MarvinCharles_
The mayor's remarks came after EFF members in the Western Cape delivered letters to various institutions and offices to warn about the shutdown on Friday.
Hill-Lewis said:"Quite a few business owners and employers have been in touch about the rumours of a so-called national shutdown on 20 March. Let me say, in Cape Town, it will be business as usual. "We will do what it takes to make sure kids get to school on time, that workers can get to work, that our economy can keep running.
"To those of you who think it is a good idea to organise a national shutdown - our economy is already brought to its knees by load shedding, corruption and so much else. What you are doing is hurting our economy, hurting businesses, and hurting workers even more, exactly the opposite of what you claim to stand for.I’ve heard of a so-called"shutdown" planned for 20 March across SA.
Cape Town is focused on growing the economy to get more people into jobs & will not allow violence to disrupt this.
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