EFF shutdown is the beginning of activities to force President Ramaphosa to resign – Malema

PHUTI MOSOMANE

EFF leader Julius Malema says the planned national protest is the beginning of activities to put pressure on President Cyril Ramaphosa to resign.

“This is a protest and not a march. A protest has no formula, no starting or ending point. It is just the beginning of a revolution calling for the resignation of the President.”

“What if it moves beyond the 20th? It will no longer be EFF’s protest, it will have been taken over by the people,” Malema said.

Malema said the protest will seek to highlight issues of unemployment, challenges at higher education, lack of water and electricity in communities, the potholes that exist on roads, the high levels of crime and gender-based violence, and the high levels of corruption in South Africa.

“We want to reassure South Africans that this is a national shutdown calling on the resignation of the President and demand the