THE DA’s court application to halt Monday’s national shutdown by the EFF declared unlawful, has been dismissed by the Johannesburg High Court.
The DA approached the court on Friday to declare the planned shutdown unlawful.
The shutdown has been organised to protest against the country’s power crisis and has called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to resign.
According to the Joburg court ruling, EFF members, employees and officials are prohibited from shutting down schools, retail stores, businesses, trade and public roads.
The court also barred the EFF from promoting, instigating or organising the blocking of roads or railway lines and any unlawful conduct.
DA leader John Steenhuisen said the party welcomed the judgement by the Gauteng High Court on Saturday which has interdicted “the EFF from violating the rights of South Africans to work, go to school, and trade, by any means of intimidation, violence, or coercion, on the party’s planned national
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