The EFF will hold a national shutdown on 20 March to protest continuing load shedding and call for President Cyril Ramaphosa to resign.
EFF leader Julius Malema made the announcement at a press
briefing on Sunday, saying the event would make the Zuma Must Fall protest look
like "Micky Mouse".
"The national shutdown means that there will be no school,
no university, factories and no business will be operating on that day.
"All municipalities and all major cities will be shut
down and there will be no work on that day. All major roads will be barricaded
and all ports of entry, including roads that lead to borders, will be closed…
"No business operations will be opened on that day and
no truck, and no train will be allowed on the roads and railways, particularly
the trucks transporting South Africa's minerals and coal to outside South
Africa through Richards Bay."
He said the streets would only remain open for emergency
and essential services.
Malema added the shutdown would call for an immediate end
to load shedding that was "crippling the economy and returning this
country to the dark ages".
He said, "all sectors and spheres of society are
invited to form part of this historic [shutdown]".
According to the EFF, the shutdown would also be spurred on
by, among other things, the rising cost of living, unemployment and poverty,
increasing crime levels, corruption and collapsing infrastructure.
Malema said the party would engage taxi associations to
support the shutdown.
On that day, the EFF national leadership plans to march to
the Union Buildings to hand over their demands.
They would communicate the next step on the day if the
president does not resign. News24
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