EFF protesters on the National Shutdown: Here’s what they had to say

PHUTI MOSOMANE

According to protesters, the EFF’s National Shutdown demonstrated that the government has the ability to put an end to load shedding and other challenges facing South Africa, if it chooses to do so.

PHOTOS| EDDIE MTSWENI

Here’s what they had to say:

MANGALISO NGWENYA|
Activist and union member, Mangaliso Ngwenya, from CEPPWAWU in the North West province, joined the national shutdown to ensure that the government get the message loud and clear. 

“Firstly, I must say that we need to increase pressure on President Cyril Ramaphosa to resign because just because of this protest, we were told that loadshedding was suspended over the weekend and today,” he said.

According to Ngwenya, the government should take on unemployed graduates as a means to address the alarming rates of youth unemployment.

CHRISTOPHER MASHEGO|

A member of the African People’s Convention (APC), Christopher