Two major private security firms have given their customers and other stakeholders lists of the locations and services that are expected to see a high-risk of disruption or violence due to the EFF’s upcoming “national shutdown” march.
Two prominent South African private security companies have warned about the potential for violence and damage to property during the EFF’s upcoming “shutdown” protest next week.
Many South Africans are unconvinced by assurances from EFF leader Julius Malema that the protest would be peaceful unless police and other security officials provoked participants. Malema has said that Monday would not be “business as usual” and warned that protesters would defend themselves if intimidated.
Their information is based on intelligence networks that include research by specialist risk advisory service Topicworx, among other sources. The two firms warned about the following possible impacts that the protest could have in South Africa:
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