DA MP and small business development shadow minister Jan de Villiers has warned the EFF's planned national shutdown will harm small business owners.
De Villiers said people have the right to protest, but they also have the right not to protest, not to associate with the protesting organisation and to go to school, to work and to operate a business.
“The EFF claims to represent the interests of the people, yet their call for a nationwide shutdown threatens to cripple the backbone of the economy, the small business sector. The cost of such an action would be catastrophic. “It is essential our government is fully equipped to handle the protests and protect the rights and freedoms of small business owners. The EFF’s recklessness demonstrate a blatant disregard for the wellbeing of South Africans and the stability of our economy,” said De Villiers, the 2021 riots left about 354 people dead and more than R50bn lost to the economy.
“Approximately R50bn was wiped off the economy. The image of South Africa as a stable country was marred. Doubt set in about the sustainability of our nation-building project,” read the report. The attack on the economic infrastructure of the country resulted in the “most expensive riots in our history”, according to the South African Special Risk Insurance Association .
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