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The Polokwane Municipality said that it had not approved any march or shutdown as no applications were received from protesters.
The response comes after Numsa issued a 48-hour notice to mobilise its members for a shutdown of all of RAF’s offices as of Thursday, over the alleged continuous mismanagement of the entity by the CEO.
South Africa again experienced an eerie sense of déjà vu this month, July, when the country again plunged into torching trucks in an apparent spate of organised arson attacks.
The president said the R166 million spent on the SANDF for one month in anticipation of violent protests that did not materialise was justified.
As the power crisis continues to devastate the country, people on social media have called for another shutdown in a bid to address the burning electricity issue.
A group of frustrated local truck drivers has warned of a possible national shutdown on April 30 to address various issues, including the demand of a R25 000 basic salary and the employment of foreigners in the trucking industry.
Out of fear of possible looting many are forced to lock up their shops every time marchers approach their businesses on their way to their destinations to deliver memorandums of demands.
COLUMN: Saluting the feral and primordial cunning of a man who almost single-handedly pulled off the media coup of the century.
COLUMN: Post the national shutdown protests, the picture that emerges of South Africa is that it is a deeply divided, conservative, tired, and boredom-seeking society.
COLUMN: I have never come across a situation where the government and business voluntarily raise the wages of workers. It always comes when labour threatens to strike. We all want the best for the people of South Africa. It is time that the government and business learn to share with the workers of South Africa.
The announcement of a country-wide shutdown by the EFF on March 20 was widely viewed with apprehension, not only for its economic consequences but because it fuelled fears of a recurrence of the mayhem of July 2021.
COLUMN: The celebration of Human Rights Day comes with a multitude of images that represent human rights. Three, above all, receive the most imprints.
Perhaps the most shocking revelation of all was the fact that we actually have hi-tech crime command centres.
COLUMN: Notwithstanding the threats by the EFF, the City of Cape Town and the Western Cape government had the opportunity to engage the EFF and turn this event into a people’s march to bring the plight of the people to the ANC government.
OPINION: EFF leader Julius Malema and party wanted to bring everything to a standstill in South Africa, especially the economy, as a means of attaining a particular political goal, writes Prof Bonke Dumisa.
According to provincial police spokesperson Brigadier Selvy Mohlala, the separate attacks took place in Pienaar and Msogwaba in Mpumalanga and left one person hospitalised.
“I have also been called a racist before, and I am not even white. It is easy in this country to call someone a racist,” said mayor Ruben Richards.
Let the country listen to the EFF’s cries with a constructive outlook. Some of the points they are raising are valid.
Malema highlighted that it was mind-boggling why the army has been deployed beyond the national shutdown, an event that lasted for a day.
EFF MP Henry Shembeni said moving forward, no one could claim that there was a lack of resources within SAPS.
Mbalula wore a Rolex GMT Master 2 Pepsi watch at his welcome ceremony this past weekend.
A majority of ANC members voted against the motion for the removal of the Speaker, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula.
After being struck by a vehicle while gliding across a Gauteng roadway on March 19, an adult spotted-eagle owl would have certainly lost its life if not for the quick thinking of Hendriena Heydenrych.
The shutdown protest saw government beefing up security measures to prevent the events of 2021 where businesses were looted, 300 lives lost and many people lost their jobs.