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The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) will be on standby to assist the police to deal with any violence that may arise from the Economic Freedom Fighters' (EFF's) planned countrywide shutdown on Monday. On Thursday, ministers in the government's security cluster briefed journalists at a media conference on the Cabinet meeting that was held on Wednesday.

Police Minister Bheki Cele has assured South Africans that measures are in place to protect citizens, property, and businesses during the planned nationwide protest by the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF).

The EFF leader Julius Malema warned on Wednesday that the National Shutdown could be the start of a possible revolution.

Malema said there would be NO violence as this is a peaceful protest. Those engaging in illegal activities will be arrested.

The SA National Taxi Council refuses to participate in the EFF's planned shutdown on Monday, saying that "the economy is already messed up and we don't want to be adding more fuel to the fire".

The DA is pulling out all the stops to prevent violence and intimidation during the EFF's "nonsensical" shutdown on Monday in which the EFF will demand President Cyril Ramaphosa's resignation, an end to load shedding and that unemployment be addressed.

The EFF is facing two interdicts ahead of its planned ‘national shutdown’ next week. While municipalities in the Western Cape agree on a right to protest, they say violence, threats of intimidation and looting would not be tolerated.

Police Minister Bheki Cele told MPs he did not order armed, armoured and camouflaged police into the House when EFF MPs disrupted the State of the Nation Address, but justified security force action with the apartheid-era National Key Point Act.

The eruption after André de Ruyter’s Eskom looting statement is being walked back. Except that, without De Ruyter laying charges, no steps can be taken.

The 2023 State of the Nation Address (SONA) will be delivered in Cape Town on Thursday. Here is everything you need to know.