'This act demonstrates the bloodthirsty nature of the current government.' EFF lays into Ramaphosa over deployment of soldiers. 👀 NationalShutdown Read more here 👇
has deployed 3 474 members of the SANDF to suppress peaceful protests against his failed administration and crush shutdown calls for his resignation.
“This act demonstrates the bloodthirsty nature of the current government and the intolerance of the ruling party to dissent and opposition. South Africa has degenerated into a military state, and the deployment of the army to suppress the constitutional right to protest, means we have returned to the dark days of apartheid,” the party said in a statement on Sunday evening.
“The scenes of military personnel descending into the townships of South Africa, police men searching the homes and cars of citizens without warrants or just cause, and shutting down tyre shops reveal a paranoid government that is capable of grave human rights violations,” the EFF charged.
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